Springeria folirostris
Springeria folirostris Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951
Leaf-nose leg skate
photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory


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Family:  Anacanthobatidae (Smooth skates)
Max. size:  40 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 425 - 472 m
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.
Diagnosis:  Leaf-like expansion of snout. Skin naked. Pelvic fins are leg like. No dorsal fins. Upper surface ash gray, lower surface pale grayish white, outer posterior belt of pectorals sooty gray, snout narrowly and irregularly edged with black, tail sooty at base (Ref. 6902).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 20 June 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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