WoRMS taxon details
Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart, 1923
- Genus Anacanthobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923
- Genus Indobatis Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014
- Genus Schroederobatis Hulley, 1973
- Genus Sinobatis Hulley, 1973
- Genus Springeria Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951
- Genus Acanthobatis accepted as Anacanthobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (misspelling)
- Genus Leiobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923 accepted as Anacanthobatis von Bonde & Swart, 1923
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description A terminal filament of varying length arising from a small, bluntly rounded protuberance at the tip of the snout. Dorsal...
Description A terminal filament of varying length arising from a small, bluntly rounded protuberance at the tip of the snout. Dorsal fins absent, but membranous caudal fin present. Five pairs of small, ventral gill slits. Dorsal and ventral surfaces of disc smooth, without dermal denticles. Tail slender, a bit shorter than disc. Small skates of slope regions in tropical/subtropical waters. Known from South Africa, Natal, and the tropical western Atlantic; also from Taiwan. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148828 on 2025-06-18
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A terminal filament of varying length arising from a small, bluntly rounded protuberance at the tip of the snout. Dorsal fins absent, but membranous caudal fin present. Five pairs of small, ventral gill slits. Dorsal and ventral surfaces of disc smooth, without dermal denticles. Tail slender, a bit shorter than disc. Small skates of slope regions in tropical/subtropical waters. Known from South Africa, Natal, and the tropical western Atlantic; also from Taiwan. [details]
