Species: Springeria folirostris, Leafsnout legskate

eyes small
snout medium, front with long filament & flaps

Springeria folirostris Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962
Leafsnout legskate
Disc heart–shaped, slightly wider than long to longer than wide, with convex rear edges, with free rear tips ending behind pelvic-fin origin; disc front edges undulating due to slight indentation on sides of snout and behind eyes, tips of pectorals round; snout before eyes long (21-22% TL), tip slender, with its basal 1/3 expanded like a leaf, and its point with a long, thin filament, with a support cartilage; eye <15% of snout length; pelvic front lobes slender, leg–like, distinctly separate from rear lobes, rear lobe connected on its side to edge of pectoral fin; tail base abruptly slender, tail is 50-52% TL, very slender, almost whip–like, longer to shorter than disc length; dorsal fins and lateral tail folds absent; upper and lower caudal fins well developed, separated by tip of tail; skin smooth, without denticles or thorns on either surface.
Upper surface mid-grey; lower surface pale grey.
Reaches 62 cm
Soft bottoms
Depth range 300-512 m
Northern Gulf of Mexico

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No pelagic phase
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- GC endemic
- Gulf of Mexico endemic
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 62
- Depth Range Min
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- 300
- Depth Range Max
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- 512