Species under Dipturus
n= 42
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Dipturus acrobelus
Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
Deepwater skate Indo-West Pacific 95
Dipturus amphispinus
Last & Alava, 2013
Ridgeback skate Western Central Pacific
Dipturus apricus
Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
Pale tropical skate Western Central Pacific 65.9
Dipturus argentinensis
Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña, Hanner & Figueroa, 2008
Argentine skate Southwest Atlantic 93.5
Dipturus batis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Blue skate Northeastern Atlantic 285
Dipturus bullisi
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962)
Bullis skate Western Central Atlantic 48
Dipturus campbelli
(Wallace, 1967)
Blackspot skate Western Indian Ocean 66
Dipturus canutus
Last, 2008
Grey skate Indo-west Pacific 79.5
Dipturus chinensis
(Basilewsky, 1855)
Northwest Pacific 68
Dipturus crosnieri
(Séret, 1989)
Madagascar skate Western Indian Ocean 61
Dipturus diehli
Soto & Mincarone, 2001
Thorny tail skate Southwest Atlantic 101.2
Dipturus doutrei
(Cadenat, 1960)
Violet skate Eastern Central Atlantic to Southwest Indian Ocean 115
Dipturus ecuadoriensis
(Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941)
Ecuador skate Southeast Pacific 39
Dipturus flavirostris
(Philippi, 1892)
Southeast Pacific 110
Dipturus garricki
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)
San Blas skate Western Central Atlantic 107
Dipturus gigas
(Ishiyama, 1958)
Giant skate Northwest Pacific 186
Dipturus grahamorum
Last, 2008
Graham’s skate Southwest Pacific 62.2
Dipturus gudgeri
(Whitley, 1940)
Bight skate Indo-West Pacific 184
Dipturus innominatus
(Garrick & Paul, 1974)
New Zealand smooth skate Southwest Pacific 240
Dipturus intermedius
(Parnell, 1837)
Northeast Atlantic 285
Dipturus johannisdavisi
(Alcock, 1899)
Travancore skate Western Indian Ocean 54
Dipturus kwangtungensis
(Chu, 1960)
Kwangtung skate Northwest Pacific 75.7
Dipturus laevis
(Mitchill, 1818)
Barndoor skate Western Atlantic 163
Dipturus lamillai
Concha, Caira, Ebert & Pompert, 2019
Warrah skate Southwestern Atlantic 94.2
Dipturus lanceorostratus
(Wallace, 1967)
Rattail skate Western Indian Ocean 82
Dipturus leptocauda
(Krefft & Stehmann, 1975)
Thintail skate Southwest Atlantic 67
Dipturus macrocauda
(Ishiyama, 1955)
Bigtail skate Northwest Pacific 120
Dipturus melanospilus
Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
Blacktip skate Western Pacific 77.7
Dipturus mennii
Gomes & Paragó, 2001
South Brazilian skate Southwest Atlantic 167
Dipturus nidarosiensis
(Storm, 1881)
Norwegian skate Eastern Atlantic 200
Dipturus olseni
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
Spreadfin skate Western Central Atlantic 69
Dipturus oregoni
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)
Hooktail skate Western Central Atlantic 144
Dipturus oxyrinchus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Longnosed skate Eastern Atlantic 150
Dipturus pullopunctatus
(Smith, 1964)
Slime skate Southeast Atlantic 130
Dipturus queenslandicus
Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
Queensland deepwater skate Western Pacific 65.9
Dipturus springeri
(Wallace, 1967)
Roughbelly skate Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean 192
Dipturus stenorhynchus
(Wallace, 1967)
Prow-nose skate Western Indian Ocean 101
Dipturus teevani
(Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
Prickly brown ray Western Atlantic 84
Dipturus tengu
(Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
Acutenose skate Western Pacific 113
Dipturus trachyderma
(Krefft & Stehmann, 1975)
Ray Southeast Pacific 264
Dipturus wengi
Séret & Last, 2008
Weng’s skate Western Pacific to Southwest Pacific 112.2
Dipturus wuhanlingi
Jeong & Nakabo, 2008
China skate Northwest Pacific 66.8
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