Smooth skate
The Anacanthobatidae, the smooth skates or leg skates, are a family of skates found at depths below 200 m (660 ft) in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.[1][3]
| Smooth skate | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart, 1923 |
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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.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Anacanthobatidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- 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.
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311043869_Changes_to_the_nomenclature_of_the_skates_Chondrichthyes_Rajiformes
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