Biology:Rio skate
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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish
| Rio skate | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Rioraja Whitley, 1939 |
| Species: | R. agassizii
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| 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
- ↑ Pollom, R.; Barreto, R.; Charvet, P.; Cuevas, J.M.; Faria, V.; Herman, K.; Marcante, F.; Montealegre-Quijano, S. et al. (2020). "Rioraja agassizii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T63109A3118640.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63109/3118640. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ↑ "Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE Fowler 1934 (Softnose Skates or Longtail Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 8 September 2023. https://etyfish.org/arhynchobatidae/.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Rioraja agassizii" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q4667996 entry
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