Dipturus#Species

{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}}

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| image = Dipturus oxyrinchus.jpg

| image_caption = Long-nosed skate (D. oxyrinchus) ♂

| taxon = Dipturus

| authority = Rafinesque, 1810

| type_species = Raja batis

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

}}

Dipturus is a large genus of skates native to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.{{FishBase genus | genus = Dipturus| month = September | year = 2023}} They were formerly included in Raja. Some species initially moved to Dipturus were later placed in Dentiraja, Spiniraja, and Zearaja.{{cite book| author1=Last, P.R.| author1-link=Peter R. Last|author2=Weigman, S. |author3=Yang, L. | year=2016 | chapter=Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes) | pages=11–34 |editor=Last, P.R. |editor2=Yearsley, G.R. | title=Rays of the World: Supplementary Information | publisher=CSIRO Special Publication | isbn=9781486308019 }}

Species

Currently, 38 recognized species are placed in this genus:{{Cof genus|genus=Dipturus|access-date=1 November 2024}}

File:Dipturus innominatus (New Zealand smooth skate).gif]]

File:Dipturus laevis.jpg]]

References

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Category:Rajidae

Category:Ray genera

Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque