Species Detail - Blue Skate (Dipturus batis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".

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
6
5
5
26/03/2022
07/01/2024
7 January (recorded in 2024)
15 December (recorded in 2014)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue Skate (Dipturus batis), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/15757>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)