Anacanthobatis is a genus of smooth skates native to the western Indian Ocean, where found deeper than 200 m (660 ft).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Anacanthobatidae |
| Genus: | Anacanthobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Anacanthobatis marmoratus von Bonde & Swart, 1923
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Species edit
Several species have been assigned to this genus, but most are now placed in Sinobatis, Springeria, and Schroederobatis, leaving only A. marmoratus in Anacanthobatis.[1][2]
- Anacanthobatis marmoratus (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (spotted legskate)
References edit
- ^ Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2014): Complementary redescription of Anacanthobatis ori (Wallace, 1967) and its assignment to Indobatis n. g. (Elasmobranchii, Anacanthobatidae), with comments on other legskates. Zootaxa, 3779 (2): 101–132.
- ^ Last, P.R., Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. (2016): Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). Seite 11 bis 34 in Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. (Hrsg.) (2016): Rays of the World: Supplementary information. CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection.
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