Dipturus gigas (Ishiyama, 1958)

Hsu, Hua Hsun, Joung, Shoou Jeng, Ebert, David A. & Lin, Chia Yen, 2013, Records of new and rare elasmobranchs from Taiwan, Zootaxa 3752 (1), pp. 249-255 : 253

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.15

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6151683

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scientific name

Dipturus gigas (Ishiyama, 1958)
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Giant skate

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Dipturus gigas Ishiyama, 1958 (J. Shimonoseki Coll. Fisher., 7: 386 figs. 84, 86; type locality: Aichi, Japan).

Material examined. (2 specimens). EBFS020212040301-1, 20.6 cm total length (TL), juvenile male, Da-xi, January 2004; EBFS020212040301-2, 32.3 cm TL, juvenile female, Da-xi, March 2004.

Diagnosis. Snout with well-defined, firm rostral cartilage; disc somewhat angular; snout medium to elongate, distinctly angular anteriorly; rostral cartilage long, mostly exceeding 60% dorsal head length; adult clasper lacking a projecting distal cartilage. In adults, snout long; its length more than 1/2 the distance from snout tip to fifth gill opening. Tail short; disc width more than 1.5 times tail length. Pelvic anterior lobe long, reaching beyond middle of posterior lobe. Both sides of disc and tail uniformly dark purplish-brown or grayish-brown.

Distribution. South China Sea, Taiwan, East China Sea to Japan waters in 300–1000 m deep.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Rajiformes

Family

Rajidae

Genus

Dipturus

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