Rio skate
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| Rio skate | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Rioraja Whitley, 1939 |
| Species: | R. agassizii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rioraja agassizii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) | |
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The rio skate (Rioraja agassizii) is a shallow water skate native to the Atlantic coast of South America from Brazil to southern Argentina. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Rioraja.
The species is named in honor of zoologist-geologist Louis Agassiz.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Pollom, R.; Barreto, R.; Charvet, P.; Cuevas, J.M.; Faria, V.; Herman, K.; Marcante, F.; Montealegre-Quijano, S.; Motta, F.; Paesch, L.; Rincon, G. (2020). "Rioraja agassizii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T63109A3118640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T63109A3118640.en. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (8 September 2023). "Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE Fowler 1934 (Softnose Skates or Longtail Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rioraja agassizii". FishBase. February 2011 version.
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