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Rajidae
Bigtail skate
Dipturus macrocauda
A broad tail sweeps across soft seafloor
Bigtail skate is known around Northwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 120 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Dipturus
- Maximum length
- 120 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Japan and the East China Sea.
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened

