Dipturus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

iDipturus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Dipturus
Species

See text.

Dipturus is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae. The name is derived from the Greek words di, meaning two, and pteryx, meaning fin. [1]

[edit] Species

  • Blue skate, Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Bullis skate, Dipturus bullisi (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962)
  • Blackspot skate, Dipturus campbelli (Wallace, 1967)
  • Yellownose skate, Dipturus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848)
  • Madagascar skate, Dipturus crosnieri (Séret, 1989)
  • Dipturus diehli Soto & Mincarone, 2001
  • Violet skate, Dipturus doutrei (Cadenat, 1960)
  • Ecuador skate, Dipturus ecuadoriensis (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941)
  • Dipturus flavirostris (Philippi, 1892)
  • San Blas skate, Dipturus garricki (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)
  • Giant skate, Dipturus gigas (Ishiyama, 1958)
  • Bight skate, Dipturus gudgeri (Whitley, 1940)
  • New Zealand smooth skate, Dipturus innominatus (Garrick & Paul, 1974)
  • Travancore skate, Dipturus johannisdavisi (Alcock, 1899)
  • Kwangtung skate, Dipturus kwangtungensis (Chu, 1960)
  • Barndoor skate, Dipturus laevis (Mitchill, 1818)
  • Rattail skate, Dipturus lanceorostratus (Wallace, 1967)
  • Thintail skate, Dipturus leptocauda (Krefft & Stehmann, 1975)
  • Sailray, Dipturus linteus (Fries, 1838)
  • Bigtail skate, Dipturus macrocauda (Ishiyama, 1955)
  • Dipturus mennii Gomes & Paragó, 2001
  • New Zealand rough skate, Dipturus nasutus (Müller & Henle, 1841)
  • Norwegian skate, Dipturus nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881)
  • Spreadfin skate, Dipturus olseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
  • Hooktail skate, Dipturus oregoni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)
  • Argus skate, Dipturus polyommata (Ogilby, 1910)
  • Slime skate, Dipturus pullopunctata (Smith, 1964)
  • Roughbelly skate, Dipturus springeri (Wallace, 1967)
  • Prow-nose skate, Dipturus stenorhynchus (Wallace, 1967)
  • Prickly brown ray, Dipturus teevani (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
  • Acutenose skate, Dipturus tengu (Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
  • Dipturus trachyderma (Krefft & Stehmann, 1975)

[edit] References

  • "Rajidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. August 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../d/i/p/Dipturus.html"