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]
| Black legskate | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Anacanthobatidae |
| Genus: | Indobatis Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014 |
| Species: | I. ori
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| Binomial name | |
| Indobatis ori (J. H. Wallace, 1967)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anacanthobatis ori". FishBase. February 2014 version.
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