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Anacanthobatis folirostris

No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes) Rajiformes (Skates) Anacanthobatidae (Smooth Skates) Anacanthobatis Anacanthobatis folirostris

Description

This species account was compiled from McEachran & Fechhelm (McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. University of Texas Press, Austin.) and processed using AI-assisted text extraction. It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting. When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page. Learn more about our species accounts.

Characters

Heart-shaped tail is about 50% to 52% of TL and lacks disc; greatly elongated snout bearing a leaf-shaped lateral expansion; very slender tail that lacks dorsal fins; preorbital length is about 21% to 22% of TL; snout is abruptly expanded at about distal one-third of length; margin of expansion is strongly convex; distal extreme of snout is filamentous; mouth is slightly arched; upper jaw has 22 to 26 tooth rows; pectoral radials extend to about mid-length of snout; anterior lobe of pelvic fin is limblike and externally separated from posterior lobe; posterior lobe of pelvic fin is laterally connected to medial margin of pectoral fin; caudal fin has relatively well-developed dorsal and ventral lobes, which are separated distally by tip of vertebral column; body is completely devoid of dermal denticles and thorns.
Ash gray dorsally and pale gray ventrally.

Distribution

Western North Atlantic from the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Habitat Associations

Depth range: 300 to 512 m.

Biology

Maximum known size is 576 mm TL for males and 620 mm TL for females.

Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes

Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described.

References

Bigelow and Schroeder 1951a
Bigelow and Schroeder 1953a
Bigelow and Schroeder 1965
Bigelow and Schroeder 1968b
Hulley 1973

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