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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.
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
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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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