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Anacanthobatis folirostris
Sign in to saveSpringeria is a genus of cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Anacanthobatidae, the smooth skates. The two species in this genus are found in the central Western Atlantic.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Anacanthobatis folirostris is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Anacanthobatidae, Animalia and Caribbean Sea.
It sits within the topics Anacanthobatidae, Gulf of Mexico and Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Leaf-nose Leg Skate
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderRajiformes
- FamilyAnacanthobatidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- Family
- Anacanthobatidae
- Collections
- TCWC, UA, AUM, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Anacanthobatis
- Image
- Leaf-nose leg skate ( Anacanthobatis folirostris ).jpg
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- taxon name
- Anacanthobatis folirostris
- taxon common name
- Leafnose Legskate
- short name
- A. folirostris
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Springeria is a genus of cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Anacanthobatidae, the smooth skates. The two species in this genus are found in the central Western Atlantic.
==Taxonomy== Springeria was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1951 by the American biologists Henry Bryant Bigelow and William Charles Schroeder when they described Springeria folirostris. Springeria foliorostris has its type locality given as the northern Gulf of Mexico off the mouth of the Mississippi at 29°02'N, 88°34'W from a depth between . This genus is classified within the family Anacanthobatidae which belongs to the order Rajiformes.
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