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]
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Currently, 45 recognized species are placed in this genus:[1]
Dipturus innominatus
Dipturus laevis
Dipturus acrobelus Last , W. T. White & Pogonoski , 2008 (deepwater skate)
Dipturus amphispinus Last & Alava , 2013[3] (Ridgeback skate)
Dipturus apricus Last , W. T. White & Pogonoski , 2008 (pale tropical skate)
Dipturus argentinensis Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña, Hanner & Figueroa, 2008, 2008 (Argentine 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 chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (Yellownose skate)
Dipturus chinensis (Basilewsky , 1855) (Chinese 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 flavirostris (Philippi {Krumweide} , 1892)
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 lamillai (Concha, Caira, Ebert & Pompert, 2019) [4] (Warrah skate)
Dipturus lanceorostratus (J. H. Wallace , 1967) (rattail skate)
Dipturus leptocauda (G. Krefft & Stehmann , 1975) (thintail skate)
Dipturus macrocauda (Ishiyama , 1955) (bigtail skate)
Dipturus maugeanus (Last & Gledhill, 2007) (Maugean skate)
Dipturus melanospilus Last , W. T. White & Pogonoski , 2008 (blacktip skate)
Dipturus mennii U. L. Gomes & Paragó , 2001 (South Brazilian skate)
Dipturus nasutus (Müller & Henle, 1841) (New Zealand rough 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)
Last, P.R. ; Weigman, S.; Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". In Last, P.R.; Yearsley, G.R. (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information . CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019 .
Last, P.R. & Alava, M. (2013): Dipturus amphispinus sp. nov., a new longsnout skate (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from the Philippines. Pp. 214-227 in: de Carvalho, M.R., Ebert, D.A., Ho, H.-C. & White, W.T. (eds.) : Systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa, 3752 (1): 1–386.