''Dactylobatus'' is a genus of
skates in the family
Rajidae. They are found in deep waters in the western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to the United States, including the
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...
.
Species
Two species are recognized in this genus:
* ''
Dactylobatus armatus''
B. A. Bean & A. C. Weed, 1909 (skillet skate)
* ''
Dactylobatus clarkii''
( Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
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, 1958) (hook skate)
References
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Rajiformes
Ray genera
Taxa named by Barton Appler Bean