Animal Diversity Web

Dipturus batis

Blue grey skate

(Also: Blue skate; Common skate; Flapper skate; Gray skate)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Rajiformes
        
        Family Rajidae (Skates)
        
        Genus Dipturus
        
        Species Dipturus batis (Blue grey skate)