Leg Skates
Anacanthobatidae
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.
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".
5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Sinobatis
genusSinobatis
Indobatis
genusIndobatis
Schroederobatis
genusSchroederobatis
Leg Skates
genusAnacanthobatis
Springeria
genusSpringeria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85579.