Biology:Anacanthobatis

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Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Anacanthobatis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Anacanthobatidae
Genus: Anacanthobatis
von Bonde & Swart, 1923
Type species
Anacanthobatis marmoratus
von Bonde & Swart, 1923
Synonyms
  • Leiobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (Pre-occupied)
  • Springeria Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951
  • Schroederobatis Hulley, 1973

Anacanthobatis is a genus of smooth skates native to the western Indian Ocean, where found deeper than 200 m (660 ft).

Species

Several species have been assigned to this genus, but most are now placed in Sinobatis, Springeria, and Schroederobatis, leaving only A. marmoratus in Anacanthobatis.[1][2]

  • Anacanthobatis marmoratus (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (spotted legskate)

References

  1. Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2014): Complementary redescription of Anacanthobatis ori (Wallace, 1967) and its assignment to Indobatis n. g. (Elasmobranchii, Anacanthobatidae), with comments on other legskates. Zootaxa, 3779 (2): 101–132.
  2. Last, P.R., Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. (2016): Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). Seite 11 bis 34 in Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. (Hrsg.) (2016): Rays of the World: Supplementary information. CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection.

Wikidata ☰ Q2845035 entry