Smooth skate
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Anacanthobatidae |
| Genus: | Anacanthobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923 |
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The smooth skates or leg skates are the ray family Anacanthobatidae. It contains a single genus Anacanthobatis, though in recent times the subgenus Sinobatis is occasionally elevated to full genus rank.
They lack the dorsal denticles (sharp tooth-like scales) of other rays, hence their name, from Greek an- meaning "without", acantha meaning "thorn", and bathys meaning "deep".
They are bottom dwelling fishes found on the continental slopes of tropical and subtropical waters.
[edit] Species
- Anacanthobatis americanus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 – American leg skate
- Anacanthobatis borneensis Chan, 1965 – Borneo leg skate
- Anacanthobatis donghaiensis (Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983) – East China leg skate
- Anacanthobatis folirostris (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) – Leaf-nose leg skate
- Anacanthobatis longirostris Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 – Longnose leg skate
- Anacanthobatis marmoratus – Spotted legskate
- Anacanthobatis melanosoma (Chan, 1965) – Blackbodied leg skate
- Anacanthobatis nanhaiensis (Meng & Li, 1981) – South China leg skate
- Anacanthobatis ori – Black leg skate
- Anacanthobatis stenosoma (Li & Hu, 1982) – Narrow leg skate
[edit] References
- "Anacanthobatidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Species of Anacanthobatis. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
