An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea Author Jones, Christian M. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U. S. A. Author Driggers Iii, William B. Author Hannan, Kristin M. Riverside Technologies Inc., Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U. S. A. kristin. hannan @ noaa. gov; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2687 - 3331 Author Hoffmayer, Eric R. Author Jones, Lisa M. Author Raredon, Sandra J. Smithsonian Institution, Division of Fishes, Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland, U. S. A. raredons @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8295 - 6000 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-26 4803 2 281 315 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.3 1175-5326 3909109 325DB7EF-94F7-4726-BC18-7B074D3CB886 Springeria folirostris Bigelow and Schroeder, 1951 b—leafnose legskate Synonyms: Anacanthobatis folirostris Bigelow and Schroeder, 1951b 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/ Mexico border 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 MCZ 37160) both collected in the same general area, on the continental slope off the mouth of the Mississippi River, 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 )