Dipturus batis

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The Dipturis batis ("common skate" or "blue skate") is the largest European skate. Historically, it was one of the most abundant skates in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Despite its name, today it appears to be absent from much of this range. Where previously abundant, fisheries directly targeted this skate, elsewhere it is caught incidentally as by-catch. Previously assessed as Endangered globally and Critically Endangered in shelf and enclosed seas in the 2000 IUCN Red List, it has been uplisted to Critical Endangered globally in 2006 [1].

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  1. ^ "Marine Species." ICUN Global Marine Programme. 2003. ICUN. 26 Nov. 2006 <http://www.iucn.org/themes/marine/marine_species.htm>.
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