Smooth skate

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Smooth skates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Rajiformes Family: Anacanthobatidae Genus: Anacanthobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923
Species
See text.

The smooth skates or leg skates are a genus, Anacanthobatis, of rays, the only genus in the family Anacanthobatidae.

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

• American leg skate, Anacanthobatis americanus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962.
• Borneo leg skate, Anacanthobatis borneensis Chan, 1965.
• East China leg skate, Anacanthobatis donghaiensis (Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983).
• Leaf-nose leg skate, Anacanthobatis folirostris (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951).
• Longnose leg skate, Anacanthobatis longirostris Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962.
• Spotted legskate, Anacanthobatis marmoratus (von Bonde & Swart, 1923).
• Blackbodied leg skate, Anacanthobatis melanosoma (Chan, 1965).
• South China leg skate, Anacanthobatis nanhaiensis (Meng & Li, 1981).
• Black leg skate, Anacanthobatis ori (Wallace, 1967).
• Narrow leg skate, Anacanthobatis stenosoma (Li & Hu, 1982).

[edit] References

• "Anacanthobatidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• "Anacanthobatis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.