Black legskate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Anacanthobatidae
Genus: Indobatis
Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014
Species:
I. ori
Binomial name
Indobatis ori
Synonyms
  • Springeria ori J. H. Wallace, 1967
  • Anacanthobatis ori (J. H. Wallace, 1967)

The black legskate (Indobatis ori)[2] is a species of smooth skate native to the Indian Ocean off of Madagascar and Mozambique. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Indobatis. 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

  1. Pollom, R.; Gledhill, K.; Jabado, R.W. (2019). "Indobatis ori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44601A124434540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44601A124434540.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Anacanthobatis ori" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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