Biology:Rio skate

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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish

Rio skate
Rioraja agassizii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Rioraja
Whitley, 1939
Species:
R. agassizii
Binomial name
Rioraja agassizii
(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)
Rioraja agassizii range.png

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.

Named in honor of zoologist-geologist Louis Agassiz[1]

References

  1. "Order RAJIFORMES : Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/rajiformes/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4667996 entry