Rio skate

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.

Rio skate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Rioraja
Whitley, 1939
Species:
R. agassizii
Binomial name
Rioraja agassizii

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

References

  1. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order RAJIFORMES : Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 February 2021.


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