Black legskate
| Indobatis ori | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Anacanthobatidae |
| Genus: | Indobatis Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014 |
| Species: | I. ori |
| Binomial name | |
| Indobatis ori (J. H. Wallace, 1967) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Indobatis ori,[2] the black legskate, is a species of smooth skate native to the Indian Ocean off of Madagascar and Mozambique. It inhabits the continental slope at depths of from 1,000 to 1,725 metres (3,281 to 5,659 ft). This species can reach a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in). It is dark-colored, greyish-black or brownish on the dorsum, ventrally lighter.[3]
References
- ↑ Smale, M.J. (SSG Subequatorial Africa Regional Workshop, September 2003) 2004. Anacanthobatis ori. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 14 March 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Anacanthobatis ori" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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