Species: Springeria folirostris, Leafnose Leg Skate, Leafsnout Leg Skate

Springeria folirostris Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962

Leafnose Leg Skate, Leafsnout Leg Skate

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

The Gulf of Mexico; Honduras.