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| Kinds | - Dipturus acrobelus, Deepwater Skate
- Dipturus apricus, Pale Tropical Skate
- Dipturus australis, Sydney Skate
- Dipturus batis, Blue Skate
- Dipturus bullisi, Bullis Skate
- Dipturus campbelli, Blackspot Skate
- Dipturus canutus, Grey Skate
- Dipturus cerva, Whitespotted Skate
- Dipturus chilensis, Yellownose Skate
- Dipturus confusus, Longnose Skate
- Dipturus crosnieri, Madagascar Skate
- Dipturus diehli
- Dipturus doutrei, Violet Skate
- Dipturus ecuadoriensis, Ecuador Skate
- Dipturus endeavouri, Endeavour Skate
- Dipturus falloargus, False Argus Skate
| - Dipturus flavirostris
- Dipturus garricki, San Blas Skate
- Dipturus gigas, Giant Skate
- Dipturus grahami, Graham' s Skate
- Dipturus gudgeri, Bight Skate
- Dipturus healdi, Heald' s Skate
- Dipturus innominatus, New Zealand Smooth Skate
- Dipturus johannisdavisi, Travancore Skate
- Dipturus kwangtungensis, Kwangtung Skate
- Dipturus laevis, Barndoor Skate
- Dipturus lanceorostratus, Rattail Skate
- Dipturus leptocauda, Thintail Skate
- Dipturus lintea, Sailray
- Dipturus macrocauda, Bigtail Skate
- Dipturus melanospilus, Blacktip Skate
- Dipturus mennii
| - Dipturus nasutus, New Zealand Rough Skate
- Dipturus nidarosiensis, Norwegian Skate
- Dipturus oculus, Ocellate Skate
- Dipturus olseni, Spreadfin Skate
- Dipturus oregoni, Hooktail Skate
- Dipturus oxyrinchus, Longnosed Skate
- Dipturus polyommatus, Argus Skate
- Dipturus pullopunctata, Slime Skate
- Dipturus queenslandicus, Queensland Deepwater Skate
- Dipturus springeri, Roughbelly Skate
- Dipturus stenorhynchus, Prow-nose Skate
- Dipturus teevani, Prickly Brown Ray
- Dipturus tengu, Acutenose Skate
- Dipturus trachyderma
- Dipturus wengi, Weng' s Skate
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Main identification features
- disc: concave front margins
- 2 dorsal fin fins, no c
- snout long, firm tip
- pelvics: 2 lobes, rear lobe larger
- belly: mucous pores dark
DIPTURUS
SKATES
Rhomboidal disc with concave front margins; snout moderately to strongly elongate, its tip firm, with a stout cartilage; pelvic fin with 2 distinct lobes connected by membrane, rear one large; large spiracles behind eyes; 2 small dorsal fins at rear of tail, no tail fin; top of disc largely free of denticles, present on rear borders of ventral side; mucous pores on underside of disc darkly pigmented; 0-3 rows of thorns on center of disc, 1-3 rows along tail.
A temperate to subtropical genus with 29 species, found in the Atlantic, western Indian Ocean and Mediterranean sea, as well as the eastern Pacific; there are two temperate species endemic to the latter area, one of which apparently enters the southern fringe of our region.
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- Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
- Compagno, L.J.V., 1999., Checklist of living elasmobranchs. In Hamlett W.C. (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes., The John Hopkins University Press:471-498.
- Delfin, F. T., 1902., Nuevas Especies de la Familia Rajidae., Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 6:262-270.
- Guichenot, A., 1848., Fauna Chilena. Peces. Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Vol. 2, Zoologia. Paris & Santiago., Fauna Chilena, Peces,.
- Lloris , D. and Rucabado, J., 1991., Ictiofauna del Canal Beagle (Tierra de Fuego), Aspectos Ecologicos y Analisis Biogeografico., Publicaciones Especiales Instituto Español de Oceanografia, (8):1-182.
- McEachran , J.D.and Dunn, K.A., 1998., Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of Elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae)., Copeia, 1998:271-290.
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