Smooth skate
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| Smooth skates | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart, 1924 |
| Genus: | Anacanthobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923 |
The smooth skates or leg skates are the sole genus, Anacanthobatis, of the skate, family Anacanthobatidae. It has ten described species.
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 donghaiensis (S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. 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 (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (Spotted legskate)
- Anacanthobatis nanhaiensis (Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1981) (South China leg skate)
- Anacanthobatis ori (J. H. Wallace, 1967) (Black leg skate)
- Anacanthobatis stenosoma (S. Li & A. S. Hu, 1982) (Narrow leg skate)
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Anacanthobatidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Anacanthobatis in FishBase. February 2011 version.
