Dipturus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:16 [ref. 3594]. Masc. Raja batis Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Raja Linnaeus 1758, usually recognized as a valid subgenus Dipturus -- (Stehmann 1973:62 [ref. 7168], Ishihara & Ishiyama 1986:274 [ref. 5142], Ishihara 1987:242 [ref. 6264], Séret 1989 [ref. 12827], Jacob & McEachran 1994:433 [ref. 22422]). •Valid as Dipturus Rafinesque 1810 -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:279 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:490 [ref. 25589], Last & Yearsley 2002:1640 [ref. 26568], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:536 [ref. 26985], Hoese et al. 2006:181 [ref. 29001], Compagno et al. 2005:66 [ref. 29145], Campagno & Ebert 2007:131 [ref. 30471], Jeong & Nakabo 2008:183 [ref. 29612], Last et al. 2008:9 [ref. 29647], Last 2008:53 [ref. 29648], Campagno & Ebert 2007:130 [ref. 30471], Séret & Last 2008:99 [ref. 29649], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2008:35 [ref. 29969], Last & White 2008:109 [ref. 30618], Last & Lim 2010:107 [ref. 30853], Iglésias et al. 2010:319 [ref. 30586], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:115 [ref. 31212], Mabragaña et al. 2011:7 [ref. 31800], Ishihara et al. 2012:16 [ref. 31844]). Current status: Valid as Dipturus Rafinesque 1810. Rajidae.