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

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]

Species

Currently, 40 recognized species are placed in this genus:[2][3]

Dipturus innominatus
Dipturus laevis

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dipturus". FishBase. October 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Francisco Concha; Janine Caira; David Ebert; Joost Pompert (1 May 2019). "Redescription and taxonomic status of Dipturus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848), and description of Dipturus lamillai sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a new species of long-snout skate from the Falkland Islands". Zootaxa. 4590 (5): 501–524. Retrieved 19 March 2020.