Species: Springeria longirostris, Longnose Leg Skate
eyes small
snout long, ends in short filament

Springeria longirostris Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962
Longnose Leg Skate
Disc heart–shaped, a little wider than long to a little longer than wide, with convex rear edges, with free rear tips ending behind pelvic-fin origin; disc front edges straight, tips of pectorals round; snout before eyes very long (24-30% of TL), tip pointed and ending in a fine filament, with a support cartilage; eye <15% of snout length; pelvic front lobes slender, leg–like, distinctly separate from rear lobes; tail base abruptly slender, tail is 43-55% TL, very slender, almost whip–like, longer to shorter than disc length; dorsal fins absent; lateral tail folds extend to near tip of tail; upper and lower caudal fins present, separated by tip of tail, upper well developed, higher and longer than lower; skin smooth, without denticles or thorns on either surface.
Upper surface purplish-grey; snout filament black; lower surface pale grey, snout tip black.
Reaches 78 cm
Soft bottoms
Depth range 520-1052 m
Gulf of Mexico, SE Florida and the Bahamas to the SW Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Hypersaline
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 78
- Depth Range Min
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- 520
- Depth Range Max
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- 1052