Springeria

Springeria is a genus of cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Anacanthobatidae, the smooth skates.

[2] Springeria foliorostris has its type locality given as the northern Gulf of Mexico off the mouth of the Mississippi at 29°02'N, 88°34'W from a depth between 232 and 258 fathoms (1,392 and 1,548 ft; 424 and 472 m).

[4] Springeria honors the American ichthyologist Stewart Springer, who studied cartilaginous fishes in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

The posterior margins of the discare concave with the rear tips ending beyond the origin of the pelvic fins.

[1] Springeria legskates are found in the Western central Atlantic Ocean around the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.