Sinobatis Explained

Sinobatis is a genus of rays in the family Anacanthobatidae native to deep water in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Species

Nine recognized species are in this genus:

• Sinobatis andamanensis Last & Bussarawit, 2016 (Andaman legskate) ^[2]
• Sinobatis borneensis (W. L. Y. Chan, 1965) (Borneo legskate)
• Sinobatis brevicauda Weigmann & Stehmann, 2016 (short-tail legskate) ^[3]
• Sinobatis bulbicauda Last & Séret, 2008 (western Australian legskate)
• Sinobatis caerulea Last & Séret, 2008 (blue legskate)
• Sinobatis filicauda Last & Séret, 2008 (eastern Australian legskate)
• Sinobatis kotlyari Stehmann & Weigmann, 2016 (Kotlyar's legskate) ^[4]
• Sinobatis melanosoma (W. L. Y. Chan, 1965) (black-bodied legskate)
• Sinobatis stenosoma (S. Li & A. S. Hu, 1982) (narrow leg skate)

Notes and References

1. Weigmann, S. (2016): Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (3): 837-1037.
2. Last, P.R. & Bussarawit, S. (2016): A new legskate, Sinobatis andamanensis (Rajiformes: Anacanthobatidae), from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean). Zootaxa, 4168 (1): 161-170.
3. Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M.F.W. (2016): Sinobatis brevicauda n. sp., a new deep-water legskate (Rajiformes, Anacanthobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4137 (4): 478–500.
4. Stehmann, M.F.W. & Weigmann, S. (2016): A new deepwater legskate, Sinobatis kotlyari n. sp. (Rajiformes, Anacanthobatidae) from the southeastern Indian Ocean on Broken Ridge. Zootaxa, 4189 (2): 327–347.