Dipturus

Dipturus
Dipturus innominatus Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rajidae
Genus:	Dipturus Rafinesque, 1810
Species
49, see text.

Dipturus is a large genus of skates in the family Rajidae. It currently has 49 described species.

Species

• Dipturus acrobelus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Deepwater Skate)
• Dipturus apricus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Pale tropical skate)
• Dipturus argentinensis Díaz de Astarloa, Magragaña, Hanner & Figueroa, 2008 (Argentine skate)
• Dipturus australis (Macleay, 1884) (Sydney skate)
• Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758) (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 linteus (Fries, 1838) (Sailray)
• Dipturus macrocauda (Ishiyama, 1955) (Bigtail skate)
• Dipturus melanospilus Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Blacktip skate)
• Dipturus mennii 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

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Rajidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.