Kingdom Animalia Class Chondrichthyes Family Rajidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Rajiformes Genus Dipturus | |
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Similar Dipturus oxyrinchus, Dipturus, Bottlenose skate, Leucoraja circularis, Raja brachyura | ||
Dipturus nidarosiensis, commonly known as the Norwegian skate or black skate, is a species of skate found in the Norwegian Sea, North Sea and the Bay of Biscay. It is occasionally encountered off the western coast of Ireland, and historically has been found near Rockall and in the Norwegian Deep, though recent surveys have not identified the species there. It inhabits waters from 200m to over 1000m in depth. In 2010, researchers reported the species in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.
The species was first described in 1881, by Vilhelm Ferdinand Johan Storm, as a member of the genus Raja. Synonymous names include the basionym Raja nidarosiensis Storm, 1881 and the misspellings Dipturus nidrosiensis (Storm, 1881), Raia nidrosiensis Storm, 1881, and Raja nidrosiensis Storm, 1881.