An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea
Jones, Christian M.
Driggers Iii, William B.
Hannan, Kristin M.
Hoffmayer, Eric R.
Jones, Lisa M.
Raredon, Sandra J.
Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-26
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Bigelow and Schroeder, 1951
Bigelow and Schroeder
1951
[151,770,693,720]
Elasmobranchii
Dasyatidae
Springeria
GBIF
Animalia
Myliobatiformes
15
296
Chordata
species
folirostris
Distribution.This species has been proposed to be endemic to the northern GOM by several authors ( e.g. McEachran and Fechhelm 1998, Last et al.2016). However, several specimens (UF 3984, IBUNAM-P9865, USNM 222431) have been collected from the southern GOM and a single individual (FMNH 90092) was collected from the continental slope off Honduras. In the northern GOM, this species occurs on the continental slope from the Texas/ Mexicoborder to off northwestern Florida at depths ranging from 300 to 510 m. First Record in GOM.The description of this species ( Bigelow and Schroeder, 1951b) was based on two specimens ( holotype USNM 152546, Figure 13, and paratype MCZ37160)both collected in the same general area, on the continental slope off the mouth of the MississippiRiver, in 1950.
Remarks.This is a deep water species that is rarely captured and, therefore, little is known of their biology. Conservation Status.Data Deficient (as Anacanthobatis folirostris)
GOM, MCZ
15
296
USNM 152546
2
holotype