Dipturus

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Kingdom Animalia Subclass Elasmobranchii Order Rajiformes Scientific name Dipturus Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Superorder Batoidea Family Rajidae Higher classification Skate

Lower classifications Common skate, Barndoor skate, New Zealand smooth s, New Zealand rough ska, Argus skate

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Dipturus is a large genus of skates native to the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.

Dipturus oxyrhinchus swiming over sedimetary bottoms

Species

There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus:

Dipturus acrobelus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (deepwater skate)

Dipturus amphispinus Last & Alava, 2013 (Ridgeback skate)

Dipturus apricus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (pale tropical skate)

Dipturus argentinensis Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña, Hanner & Figueroa, 2008 (Argentine skate)

Dipturus australis (W. J. Macleay, 1884) (Sydney skate)

Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758) (common skate or blue skate)

Dipturus bullisi (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) (Bullis skate)

Dipturus campbelli (J. H. Wallace, 1967) (blackspot skate)

Dipturus canutus Last, 2008 (grey skate)

Dipturus cerva (Whitley, 1939) (white-spotted skate)

Dipturus confusus Last, 2008 (longnose skate)

Dipturus crosnieri (Séret, 1989) (Madagascar skate)

Dipturus diehli Soto & Mincarone, 2001 (thorny-tail skate)

Dipturus doutrei (Cadenat, 1960) (violet skate)

Dipturus ecuadoriensis (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Ecuador skate)

Dipturus endeavouri Last, 2008 (endeavour skate)

Dipturus falloargus Last, 2008 (false argus skate)

Dipturus flavirostris (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1892)

Dipturus flindersi (Last & Gledhill, 2008) (pygmy thornback skate)

Dipturus garricki (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) (San Blas skate)

Dipturus gigas (Ishiyama, 1958) (giant skate)

Dipturus grahami Last, 2008 (Graham’s skate)

Dipturus gudgeri (Whitley, 1940) (greenback skate)

Dipturus healdi Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Heald's skate)

Dipturus innominatus (Garrick & Paul, 1974) (New Zealand smooth skate)

Dipturus johannisdavisi (Alcock, 1899) (Travancore skate)

Dipturus kwangtungensis (Y. T. Chu, 1960) (Kwangtung skate)

Dipturus laevis (Mitchill, 1818) (barndoor skate)

Dipturus lanceorostratus (J. H. Wallace, 1967) (rattail skate)

Dipturus leptocauda (G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1975) (thintail skate)

Dipturus macrocauda (Ishiyama, 1955) (bigtail skate)

Dipturus melanospilus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (blacktip skate)

Dipturus mennii U. L. Gomes & Paragó, 2001 (South Brazilian skate)

Dipturus nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) (Norwegian skate)

Dipturus oculus Last, 2008 (ocellate skate)

Dipturus olseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) (spreadfin skate)

Dipturus oregoni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) (hooktail skate)

Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) (longnosed skate)

Dipturus polyommata (Ogilby, 1910) (argus skate)

Dipturus pullopunctatus (J. L. B. Smith, 1964) (slime skate)

Dipturus queenslandicus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Queensland deepwater skate)

Dipturus springeri (J. H. Wallace, 1967) (roughbelly skate)

Dipturus stenorhynchus (J. H. Wallace, 1967) (prownose skate)

Dipturus teevani (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) (prickly brown ray)

Dipturus tengu (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903) (acutenose skate)

Dipturus trachyderma (G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1975) (roughskin Skate)

Dipturus wengi Séret & Last, 2008 (Weng's skate)

Dipturus whitleyi (Iredale, 1938) (wedgenose skate)

Dipturus wuhanlingi Jeong & Nakabo, 2008 (Wu's skate)

References

Dipturus Wikipedia

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Dipturus oxyrhinchus swiming over sedimetary bottoms

Species

References