Dipturus

Dipturus is a large genus of skates native to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.^[1] They were formerly included in Raja. Some species initially moved to Dipturus were later placed in Dentiraja, Spiniraja, and Zearaja.^[2]

Dipturus
Long-nosed skate (D. oxyrinchus) ♂
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rajidae
Genus:	Dipturus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Raja batis Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Currently, 38 recognized species are placed in this genus:^[3]

Dipturus innominatus

Dipturus laevis

• Dipturus acrobelus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (deepwater skate)
• Dipturus amphispinus Last & Alava, 2013^[4] (Ridgeback skate)
• Dipturus apricus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (pale tropical 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 chinensis (Basilewsky, 1855) (Chinese skate)
• Dipturus crosnieri (Séret, 1989) (Madagascar skate)
• Dipturus doutrei (Cadenat, 1960) (violet skate)
• Dipturus ecuadoriensis (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Ecuador skate)
• Dipturus garricki (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) (San Blas skate)
• Dipturus gigas (Ishiyama, 1958) (giant skate)
• Dipturus grahamorum Last, 2008 (Graham's skate)
• Dipturus gudgeri (Whitley, 1940) (greenback skate)
• Dipturus innominatus (Garrick & Paul, 1974) (New Zealand smooth skate)
• Dipturus intermedius (Parnell, 1837) (flapper 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 olseni ([Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) (spreadfin skate)
• Dipturus oregoni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) (hooktail skate)
• Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) (longnosed 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 wuhanlingi Jeong & Nakabo, 2008 (Wu's skate)