''Dipturus'' is a large
genus
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of
skate
Skate or Skates may refer to: Fish
*Skate (fish), several genera of fish belonging to the family Rajidae
* Pygmy skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae
* Smooth skates or leg skates, several genera of fish belongin ...
s native to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.
They were formerly included in ''
Raja
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested f ...
''. Some species initially moved to ''Dipturus'' were later placed in ''
Dentiraja
''Dentiraja'' is a genus of skates native to the oceans around Australia. Members of this genus usually grow up to a maximum of 35 – 70 cm, with the longest being Heald's skate ('' Dentiraja healdi''), with a maximum length of about 72&nb ...
'', ''
Spiniraja
The Melbourne skate (''Spiniraja whitleyi'') is a species of fish in the belonging to the skate family Rajidae. It is Endemism, endemic to southern Australia. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is found at depths up to 345 meters.LAST, P.R. & ...
'', and ''
Zearaja''.
Species
Currently, 40 recognized species are placed in this genus:
[
* '' Dipturus acrobelus'' ]Last
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
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* SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel
* ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush
* "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...
& Pogonoski, 2008 (deepwater skate)
* '' Dipturus amphispinus'' Last
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
& Alava, 2013 (Ridgeback skate)[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.''
* '' Dipturus apricus'' Last
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
, W. T. White W. may refer to:
* SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel
* ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush
* "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...
& Pogonoski, 2008 (pale tropical skate)
* '' Dipturus batis'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) (common skate or blue skate)
* '' Dipturus bullisi'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
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, 1962) (Bullis skate)
* '' Dipturus campbelli'' ( J. H. Wallace, 1967) (blackspot skate)
* '' Dipturus canutus'' Last
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
, 2008 (grey skate)
* '' Dipturus chinensis'' ( Basilewsky, 1855) (Chinese skate)
* '' Dipturus crosnieri'' ( Séret, 1989) (Madagascar skate)
* '' Dipturus doutrei'' ( Cadenat, 1960) (violet skate)
* '' Dipturus ecuadoriensis'' ( Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Ecuador skate)
* '' Dipturus flavirostris'' ( Philippi , 1892)
* '' Dipturus garricki'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
Schroeder is a North German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as a shoemaker, w ...
, 1958) (San Blas skate)
* '' Dipturus gigas'' ( Ishiyama, 1958) (giant skate)
* '' Dipturus grahami'' Last
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
, 2008 (Graham's skate)
* ''Dipturus gudgeri
''Dipturus'' is a large genus of skates native to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. They were formerly included in ''Raja''. Some species initially moved to ''Dipturus'' were later placed in ''Dentiraja'', ''Spiniraja'', and '' Zearaja''. ...
'' ( Whitley, 1940) (greenback skate)
* ''Dipturus innominatus
The New Zealand smooth skate (''Dipturus innominatus'') is a skate of the genus '' Dipturus'', found around New Zealand at depths between 15 and 1,300 m.
Description
''D. innominatus'' males grow up to 93 cm in pelvic length (PL). PL is ...
'' (Garrick Garrick may refer to:
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** David Garrick (1717–1779), English actor
* Garrick Club, a London gentlemen's club named in honour of David ...
& Paul
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, 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)
* '' Dipturus lanceorostratus'' ( J. H. Wallace, 1967) (rattail skate)
* '' Dipturus leptocauda'' ( G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1975) (thintail skate)
* ''Dipturus macrocauda
''Dipturus'' is a large genus of skates native to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. They were formerly included in ''Raja''. Some species initially moved to ''Dipturus'' were later placed in ''Dentiraja'', ''Spiniraja'', and ''Zearaja''.
...
'' ( Ishiyama, 1955) (bigtail skate)
* '' Dipturus melanospilus'' Last
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
, W. T. White W. may refer to:
* SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel
* ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush
* "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...
& Pogonoski, 2008 (blacktip skate)
* '' Dipturus mennii'' U. L. Gomes & Paragó, 2001 (South Brazilian skate)
* ''Dipturus nidarosiensis
The Norwegian skate (''Dipturus nidarosiensis''), or black skate, is a species of skate found at depths of to over in the East Atlantic region. Initially its range was believed to be restricted to the Norwegian Sea and North Sea to the Bay of B ...
'' ( Storm, 1881) (Norwegian skate)
* '' Dipturus olseni'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
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, 1951) (spreadfin skate)
* '' Dipturus oregoni'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
Schroeder is a North German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as a shoemaker, w ...
, 1958) (hooktail skate)
* ''Dipturus oxyrinchus
''Dipturus oxyrinchus'', commonly known as the longnose skate, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. It is up to m in length. The species is found in eastern Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's f ...
'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) (longnosed skate)
* ''Dipturus pullopunctatus
The slimeskate (''Dipturus pullopunctatus'') is a species of fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fi ...
'' (J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
, 1964) (slime skate)
* '' Dipturus queenslandicus'' Last
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
, W. T. White W. may refer to:
* SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel
* ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush
* "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...
& Pogonoski, 2008 (Queensland deepwater skate)
* '' Dipturus springeri'' ( J. H. Wallace, 1967) (roughbelly skate)
* ''Dipturus stenorhynchus
The prownose skate (''Dipturus stenorhynchus'') is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found off Mozambique and South Africa. Its natural habitat is open sea
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body ...
'' ( J. H. Wallace, 1967) (prownose skate)
* '' Dipturus teevani'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder __NOTOC__
Schroeder is a North German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as a shoemaker, w ...
, 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
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
, 2008 (Weng's skate)
* '' Dipturus wuhanlingi'' Jeong & Nakabo, 2008 (Wu's skate)
References
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Rajidae
Ray genera
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque