Dipturus ecuadoriensis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Skates ; Oviparous [1]. Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell [2].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine [3].

Ecology: No habitat or depth information can be ascertained for the species. Specimens referred to be Tortonese (1939, cited in Beebe and Tee-Van 1941) are 38.8 and 39.3 cm total length (TL ). Like other skates , oviparous , but no other specific details are available.[3].

List of Habitats:

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Raja ecuadoriensis Beebe & Tee-Van • Raja steindachneri

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 18-Oct-2000

Beebe and Tee-Van (1941) summarize the taxonomic situation for the species. Indeed, this is the only information available concerning the species.[3].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dipturus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 54 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. acrobelus (Deepwater Skate) · D. apricus (Pale Tropical Skate) · D. argentinensis (Argentine Skate) · D. australis (Sydney Skate) · D. batis (Common European Skate) · D. bullisi (Bullis' Skate) · D. campbelli (Blackspot Skate) · D. canutus (Grey Skate) · D. cerva (White-Spotted Skate) · D. chilensis (Yellownose Skate) · D. confusus (Longnose Skate) · D. crosnieri (Madagascar Skate) · D. diehli (Thorny Tail Skate) · D. doutrei (Javelin Grunter) · D. ecuadoriensis (Ecuador Skate) · D. endeavouri (Endeavour Skate) · D. falloargus (False Argus Skate) · D. garricki (San Blas Skate) · D. gigas (Giant Skate) · D. grahami (Graham) · D. gudgeri (Bight Skate) · D. healdi (Heald's Skate) · D. innominatus (New Zealand Smooth Skate) · D. johannisdavesi (Travencore Skate) · D. johannisdavisi (Travancore Skate) · D. kwangtungensis (Kwangtung Skate) · D. laevis (Barnards Lanternfishes) · D. lanceorostratus (Rattail Skate) · D. lemprieri (Australian Thornback Skate) · D. leptocauda (Thintail Skate) · D. leptocaudus (Thintail Skate) · D. linteus (Sharp-Nosed Skate) · D. macrocauda (Bigtail Skate) · D. melanospilus (Blacktip Skate) · D. mennii (South Brazilian Skate) · D. nasutus (New Zealand Rough Skate) · D. nidarosiensis (Norwegian Skate) · D. oculus (Ocellate Skate) · D. olseni (Olsen's Wingedskate) · D. oregoni (Oregon's Wingedskate) · D. oxyrinchus (Long-Nosed Burton Skate) · D. polyommata (Argus Skate) · D. pullopunctata (Skate) · D. pullopunctatus (Slimeskate) · D. queenslandicus (Queensland Deepwater Skate) · D. springeri (Roughbelly Skate) · D. stenorhynchus (Prow-Nose Skate) · D. teevani (Prickly Brown Ray) · D. tengu (Acutenose Skate) · D. trachyderma (Roughskin Skate) · D. trachydermus (Roughskin Skate) · D. wengi (Weng's Skate) · D. whitleyi (Melbourne Skate) · D. wuhanlingi (Wu's Skate)

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Further Reading

• Beebe W. and Tee-Van, J. 1941. Fishes from the Tropical eastern Pacific. Part 3: Rays, mantas and Chimaeras. Zoologica 26: 245-280.
• Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (1998). Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p.
• IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. Specialist Group website. Available at: http://www.iucnssg.org/.
• IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
• McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn (1998). Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290.
• McEachran, John D., and Katherine A. Dunn 1998. Phylogenetic Analysis of Skates, a Morphologically Conservative Clade of Elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia, vol. 1998, no. 2. 271-290.
• Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Kyne, P.M. 2007. Dipturus ecuadoriensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Kyne, P.M. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• McEachran, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3879909
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-132538
• Fishbase Species ID: 54442
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 564170
• IUCN ID: 205763
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109400

Footnotes

1. Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds (1997). Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264:1309-1315. [back]
2. Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966). Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. [back]
3. Kyne, P.M. 2007. Dipturus ecuadoriensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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