| Slimeskate | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Dipturus |
| Species: | D. pullopunctatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipturus pullopunctatus (J. L. B. Smith, 1964) | |
The slimeskate (Dipturus pullopunctatus) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found on soft bottoms of the outer shelf and upper slope on the coast of South Africa and Namibia. [2]