SMOOTH SKATE
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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The smooth skates or leg skates are a genus, Anacanthobatis, of skates, family Rajidae.
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.
