Black legskate
Species of cartilaginous fish
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The black legskate (Indobatis ori)[2] is a species of smooth skate native to the Indian Ocean off of Madagascar and Mozambique. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Indobatis. It inhabits the continental slope at depths of from 1,000 to 1,725 metres (3,280 to 5,660 ft). This species can reach a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in). It is dark-colored, greyish-black or brownish on the dorsum, ventrally lighter.[3]
| Black legskate | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Anacanthobatidae |
| Genus: | Indobatis Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014 |
| Species: | I. ori |
| Binomial name | |
| Indobatis ori (J. H. Wallace, 1967) | |
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