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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 ''

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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. & ...

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Zearaja ''Zearaja'' is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae. It currently consists of four described species found in oceans off New Zealand, Tasmania and southern South America. Species There are four species in the genus: * '' Zearaja arg ...

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Species

Currently, 40 recognized species are placed in this genus: Dipturus innominatus (New Zealand smooth skate)

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Dipturus acrobelus ''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''. ...

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& Pogonoski, 2008 (deepwater skate) * ''

Dipturus amphispinus ''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''. ...

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Dipturus apricus ''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''. ...

& Pogonoski, 2008 (pale tropical skate) * '' Dipturus batis'' ( Linnaeus,

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) (common skate or blue skate) * '' Dipturus bullisi'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) (Bullis skate) * '' Dipturus campbelli'' ( J. H. Wallace, 1967) (blackspot skate) * '' Dipturus canutus''

, 2008 (grey skate) * '' Dipturus chinensis'' ( Basilewsky, 1855) (Chinese skate) * '' Dipturus crosnieri'' ( Séret, 1989) (Madagascar skate) * '' Dipturus doutrei'' ( Cadenat, 1960) (violet skate) * ''

Dipturus ecuadoriensis ''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''. ...

'' ( Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Ecuador skate) * '' Dipturus flavirostris'' ( Philippi , 1892) * '' Dipturus garricki'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) (San Blas skate) * '' Dipturus gigas'' (

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, 1958) (giant skate) * '' Dipturus grahami''

, 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 & 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) * '' Dipturus lanceorostratus'' ( J. H. Wallace, 1967) (rattail skate) * '' Dipturus leptocauda'' ( G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1975) (thintail skate) * '' Dipturus macrocauda'' (

, 1955) (bigtail skate) * '' Dipturus melanospilus''

& 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, 1951) (spreadfin skate) * '' Dipturus oregoni'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder, 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,

) (longnosed skate) * '' Dipturus pullopunctatus'' (

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, 1964) (slime skate) * '' Dipturus queenslandicus''

& 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 &

, 2008 (Weng's skate) * '' Dipturus wuhanlingi'' Jeong & Nakabo, 2008 (Wu's skate)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q928199 Rajidae Ray genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque