Deep-Sea taxon details
Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart, 1923
148828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148828)
accepted
Family
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148828 on 2026-08-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148828 on 2026-08-09
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 
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
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]
