Ridgeback skate  (Dipturus amphispinus)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->

  • Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays->

    • Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks->
    • Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks->
    • Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays->
    • Torpediniformes - Electric rays->
    • Rajiformes - Skates and rays->

      • Rajidae - Skates->

        • Raja - Raja->
        • Dipturus - Dipturus->

          • Common skate (Dipturus batis)
          • Deepwater skate (Dipturus acrobelus)
          • Ridgeback skate (Dipturus amphispinus)
          • Pale tropical skate (Dipturus apricus)
          • Argentine skate (Dipturus argentinensis)
          • Bullis skate (Dipturus bullisi)
          • Blackspot skate (Dipturus campbelli)
          • Grey skate (Dipturus canutus)
          • Yellownose skate (Dipturus chilensis)
          • Dipturus chinensis (Dipturus chinensis)
          • Madagascar skate (Dipturus crosnieri)
          • Thorny tail skate (Dipturus diehli)
          • Violet skate (Dipturus doutrei)
          • Ecuador skate (Dipturus ecuadoriensis)
          • Dipturus flavirostris (Dipturus flavirostris)
          • San Blas skate (Dipturus garricki)
          • Giant skate (Dipturus gigas)
          • Graham’s skate (Dipturus grahamorum)
          • Bight skate (Dipturus gudgeri)
          • New Zealand smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)
          • Dipturus intermedius (Dipturus intermedius)
          • Travancore skate (Dipturus johannisdavisi)
          • Kwangtung skate (Dipturus kwangtungensis)
          • Barndoor skate (Dipturus laevis)
          • Warrah skate (Dipturus lamillai)
          • Rattail skate (Dipturus lanceorostratus)
          • Thintail skate (Dipturus leptocauda)
          • Bigtail skate (Dipturus macrocauda)
          • Maugean skate (Dipturus maugeanus)
          • Blacktip skate (Dipturus melanospilus)
          • South Brazilian skate (Dipturus mennii)
          • New Zealand rough skate (Dipturus nasutus)
          • Norwegian skate (Dipturus nidarosiensis)
          • Spreadfin skate (Dipturus olseni)
          • Hooktail skate (Dipturus oregoni)
          • Longnosed skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus)
          • Slime skate (Dipturus pullopunctatus)
          • Queensland deepwater skate (Dipturus queenslandicus)
          • Roughbelly skate (Dipturus springeri)
          • Prow-nose skate (Dipturus stenorhynchus)
          • Prickly brown ray (Dipturus teevani)
          • Acutenose skate (Dipturus tengu)
          • Ray (Dipturus trachyderma)
          • Weng’s skate (Dipturus wengi)
          • China skate (Dipturus wuhanlingi)
        • Amblyraja - Amblyraja->
        • Beringraja - Beringraja->
        • Breviraja - Breviraja->
        • Dactylobatus - Dactylobatus->
        • Dentiraja - Dentiraja->
        • Hongeo - Hongeo->
        • Leucoraja - Leucoraja->
        • Malacoraja - Malacoraja->
        • Neoraja - Neoraja->
        • Okamejei - Okamejei->
        • Orbiraja - Orbiraja->
        • Rajella - Rajella->
        • Rostroraja - Rostroraja->
        • Spiniraja - Spiniraja->
      • Anacanthobatidae - Smooth skates->
      • Arhynchobatidae - Softnose skates->
      • Gurgesiellidae - Pygmy skates->
    • Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark->
    • Squatiniformes - Angelsharks->
    • Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks->
    • Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks->
    • Myliobatiformes - Stingrays->
    • Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks->
    • Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks->
    • Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks->
  • Holocephali - Chimaeras->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->