Species Detail - Blue Skate (Dipturus batis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Chondrichthyans Of Ireland Restricted Records".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Dipturus batis
Blue Skate
NHMSYS0020140670 RecommendedWell-formed
Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention
dibat
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
12
7
9
07/07/1975
22/07/2011
7 January (recorded in 2024)
15 December (recorded in 2014)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Chondrichthyans Of Ireland Restricted Records, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue Skate (Dipturus batis), accessed 20 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/263/Species/15757>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)