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{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}}
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| image = Atlantoraja platana.jpg
| image = Atlantoraja platana.jpg
| image_caption= ''[[Atlantoraja platana]]''
| image_caption= ''[[Atlantoraja platana]]''
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Atlantoraja
| authority = [[Roberto Carlos Menni|Menni]], 1972
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Chondrichthyes]]
| ordo = [[Rajiformes]]
| familia = [[Rajidae]]
| genus = '''''Atlantoraja'''''
| genus_authority = [[Roberto Carlos Menni|Menni]], 1972
}}
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'''''Atlantoraja''''' is a small genus of [[fish]] in the [[Rajidae]] family with three described [[species]]. They are found from near sea level to depths of {{convert|300|m|ft}} in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off south-eastern [[South America]]. These [[skate]]s are all considered [[threatened]] due to the intense fishing pressure within their [[Range (biology)|range]].
'''''Atlantoraja''''' is a genus of [[Skate (fish)|skate]]s in the family [[Arhynchobatidae]]. They are found from near sea level to depths of {{convert|300|m|ft}} in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. These [[fish]] are all considered [[threatened]] due to the intense fishing pressure within their [[Range (biology)|range]].


==Species==
==Species==
There are three extant and one extinct [[species]] recognized within the genus:

* ''[[Atlantoraja castelnaui]]'' <small>([[Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro|A. Miranda-Ribeiro]], 1907)</small> (Spotback skate)
* ''[[Atlantoraja castelnaui]]'' <small>([[Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro|A. Miranda-Ribeiro]], 1907)</small> (Spotback skate)
* †''[[Atlantoraja cecilae]]'' <small>(Steurbaut & Herman, 1978)</small>
* ''[[Atlantoraja cyclophora]]'' <small>([[Charles Tate Regan|Regan]], 1903)</small> (Eyespot skate)
* ''[[Atlantoraja cyclophora]]'' <small>([[Charles Tate Regan|Regan]], 1903)</small> (Eyespot skate)
* ''[[Atlantoraja platana]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1880)</small> (La Plata skate)
* ''[[Atlantoraja platana]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1880)</small> (La Plata skate)
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* {{FishBase genus | genus = Atlantoraja| month = February | year = 2011}}
* {{FishBase genus | genus = Atlantoraja| month = February | year = 2011}}


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[[Category:Rajidae]]
[[Category:Rajidae]]
[[Category:Ray genera]]
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Latest revision as of 23:51, 2 March 2021

Atlantoraja
Atlantoraja platana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Atlantoraja
Menni, 1972

Atlantoraja is a genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae. They are found from near sea level to depths of 300 metres (980 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. These fish are all considered threatened due to the intense fishing pressure within their range.

Species[edit]

There are three extant and one extinct species recognized within the genus:

References[edit]