# Dipturus

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***Dipturus*** is a large [genus](/source/Genus) of [skates](/source/Skate_(fish)) native to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.[1] They were formerly included in *[Raja](/source/Raja_(fish))*. Some species initially moved to *Dipturus* were later placed in *[Dentiraja](/source/Dentiraja)*, *[Spiniraja](/source/Spiniraja)*, and *[Zearaja](/source/Zearaja)*.[2]

## Species

Currently, 39 recognized species are placed in this genus:[3]

- *[Dipturus acrobelus](/source/Dipturus_acrobelus)* [Last](/source/Peter_R._Last), [W. T. White](/source/William_Toby_White) & [Pogonoski](/source/John_James_Pogonoski), 2008 (deepwater skate)
- *[Dipturus amphispinus](/source/Dipturus_amphispinus)* Last & [Alava](/source/Moonyeen_Alava), 2013[4] (Ridgeback skate)
- *[Dipturus apricus](/source/Dipturus_apricus)* Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (pale tropical skate)
- *[Dipturus batis](/source/Dipturus_batis)* ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)) (common skate or blue skate)
- *[Dipturus bullisi](/source/Dipturus_bullisi)* ([Bigelow](/source/Henry_Bryant_Bigelow) & [Schroeder](/source/William_Charles_Schroeder), 1962) (Bullis skate)
- *[Dipturus campbelli](/source/Dipturus_campbelli)* ([J. H. Wallace](/source/John_H._Wallace), 1967) (blackspot skate)
- *[Dipturus canutus](/source/Dipturus_canutus)* Last, 2008 (grey skate)
- *[Dipturus chinensis](/source/Dipturus_chinensis)* ([Basilewsky](/source/Stepan_Ivanovich_Basilewsky), 1855) (Chinese skate)
- *[Dipturus crosnieri](/source/Dipturus_crosnieri)* ([Séret](/source/Bernard_S%C3%A9ret), 1989) (Madagascar skate)
- *[Dipturus doutrei](/source/Dipturus_doutrei)* ([Cadenat](/source/Jean_Cadenat), 1960) (violet skate)
- *[Dipturus ecuadoriensis](/source/Dipturus_ecuadoriensis)* ([Beebe](/source/William_Beebe) & [Tee-Van](/source/John_Tee-Van), 1941) (Ecuador skate)
- *[Dipturus garricki](/source/Dipturus_garricki)* (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) (San Blas skate)
- *[Dipturus gigas](/source/Dipturus_gigas)* ([Ishiyama](/source/Reizo_Ishiyama), 1958) (giant skate)
- *[Dipturus grahamorum](/source/Dipturus_grahamorum)* Last, 2008 (Graham's skate)
- *[Dipturus gudgeri](/source/Dipturus_gudgeri)* ([Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1940) (greenback skate)
- *[Dipturus innominatus](/source/Dipturus_innominatus)* ([Garrick](/source/Jack_Garrick) & [Paul](/source/Lawrence_James_Paul), 1974) (New Zealand smooth skate)
- *[Dipturus intermedius](/source/Dipturus_intermedius)* ([Parnell](/source/Richard_Parnell), 1837) (flapper skate)
- *[Dipturus johannisdavisi](/source/Dipturus_johannisdavisi)* ([Alcock](/source/Alfred_William_Alcock), 1899) (Travancore skate)
- *[Dipturus kwangtungensis](/source/Dipturus_kwangtungensis)* ([Y. T. Chu](/source/Chu_Yuan-Ting), 1960) (Kwangtung skate)
- *[Dipturus laevis](/source/Dipturus_laevis)* ([Mitchill](/source/Samuel_L._Mitchill), 1818) (barndoor skate)
- *[Dipturus lamillai](/source/Dipturus_lamillai)* (Concha, Caira, Ebert & Pompert, 2019) (warrah skate)
- *[Dipturus lanceorostratus](/source/Dipturus_lanceorostratus)* (J. H. Wallace, 1967) (rattail skate)
- *[Dipturus leptocauda](/source/Dipturus_leptocauda)* ([G. Krefft](/source/Gerhard_Krefft) & [Stehmann](/source/Matthias_Stehmann), 1975) (thintail skate)
- *[Dipturus macrocauda](/source/Dipturus_macrocauda)* (Ishiyama, 1955) (bigtail skate)
- *[Dipturus melanospilus](/source/Dipturus_melanospilus)* Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (blacktip skate)
- *[Dipturus mennii](/source/Dipturus_mennii)* [U. L. Gomes](/source/Ulisses_Leite_Gomes) & [Paragó](/source/Cristina_Parag%C3%B3), 2001 (South Brazilian skate)
- *[Dipturus nidarosiensis](/source/Dipturus_nidarosiensis)* ([Storm](/source/Vilhelm_Ferdinand_Johan_Storm), 1881) (Norwegian skate)
- *[Dipturus olseni](/source/Dipturus_olseni)* ([Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) (spreadfin skate)
- *[Dipturus oregoni](/source/Dipturus_oregoni)* (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) (hooktail skate)
- *[Dipturus oxyrinchus](/source/Dipturus_oxyrinchus)* (Linnaeus, [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)) (longnosed skate)
- *[Dipturus pullopunctatus](/source/Dipturus_pullopunctatus)* ([J. L. B. Smith](/source/James_Smith_(ichthyologist)), 1964) (slime skate)
- *[Dipturus queenslandicus](/source/Dipturus_queenslandicus)* Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Queensland deepwater skate)
- *[Dipturus springeri](/source/Dipturus_springeri)* (J. H. Wallace, 1967) (roughbelly skate)
- *[Dipturus stenorhynchus](/source/Dipturus_stenorhynchus)* (J. H. Wallace, 1967) (prownose skate)
- *[Dipturus teevani](/source/Dipturus_teevani)* (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) (prickly brown ray)
- *[Dipturus tengu](/source/Dipturus_tengu)* ([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1903) (acutenose skate)
- *[Dipturus trachyderma](/source/Dipturus_trachyderma)* (G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1975) (roughskin skate)
- *[Dipturus wengi](/source/Dipturus_wengi)* Séret & Last, 2008 (Weng's skate)
- *[Dipturus wuhanlingi](/source/Dipturus_wuhanlingi)* [Jeong](/source/Choong-Hoon_Jeong) & Nakabo, 2008 (Wu's skate)

## References

1. Last, P.R.; Weigman, S.; Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". *Rays of the World: Supplementary Information*. Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.R. (eds.). CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019.

1. Last, P.R. & Alava, M. (2013): [*Dipturus amphispinus* sp. nov., a new longsnout skate (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from the Philippines.](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03752p227.pdf) 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.*

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