Smooth skate

{{Short description|Family of cartilaginous fishes}} {{redirect|Leg skate|the species from the family Gurgesiellidae|Cruriraja}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Leaf-nose leg skate ( Anacanthobatis folirostris ).jpg | image_caption = Leaf-nose leg skate | taxon = Anacanthobatidae | authority = von Bonde & Swart, 1923 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = see text }}

The '''Anacanthobatidae''', the '''smooth skates''' or '''leg skates''', are a family of skates found at depths below {{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=on}} in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase family|family=Anacanthobatidae|month=June|year=2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311043869_Changes_to_the_nomenclature_of_the_skates_Chondrichthyes_Rajiformes |last1=Last |first1=Peter |last2=Weigmann |first2=Simon |last3=Yang |first3=Lei |date=2016-11-24 |pages=11-34 |title=Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes) |via=ResearchGate}}</ref>

They lack the dorsal denticles (sharp, tooth-like scales) of other rays, hence their name, from Greek ''an-'' meaning "without", ''acantha'' meaning "thorn", and ''bathys'' meaning "deep".

They are bottom-dwelling fishes found on the continental slopes of tropical and subtropical waters.

==Genera== Anacanthobatidae contains the following genera:<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Anacanthobatidae|access-date=30 October 2024}}</ref> {{Linked genus list | Anacanthobatis | von Bonde & Swart, 1923 | Indobatis | Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014 | Schroederobatis | Hulley, 1973 | Sinobatis | Hulley, 1973 | Springeria | Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 }}

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Category:Anacanthobatidae