Species: Dactylobatus armatus, Armed finger-skate

Dactylobatus armatus Bean & Weed, 1909

Armed finger-skate

Disc ~circular; snout short (length before eyes 11-12% TL), very blunt, with a small point; front edge of disc convex; pectorals with tips broadly rounded, rear edges convex, middle rays extend outwards as spatula-like projections; pectoral supports extend to level of tip of snout, but separated by a clear space from rostrum; pelvic fins with front and rear lobes continuous, without a notch separating them, its edge evenly concave; tail 52% of TL, with narrow base, a skin flap along almost all of on each side, 2 dorsal fins & a rudimentary tail fin with an upper lobe only; upper surface of body and tail with sparse denticles and thorns around eyes, on nape and shoulders, and  a single central row with an irregular row on each side along center of disc and tail; underside of disc smooth except pectoral fins with 2 rows of claw-like denticles along outer front edge from tip of snout to corner of fin.