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The '''Rio skate''' (''Rioraja agassizii'') is a shallow water [[Skate (fish)|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 '''Rio skate''' (''Rioraja agassizii'') is a shallow water [[Skate (fish)|skate]] native to the Atlantic coast of South America from Brazil to southern Argentina. It is the only member of the monotypic genus '''''Rioraja'''''. |
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Named in honor of zoologist-geologist [[Louis Agassiz]]<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/rajiformes/ | title = Order RAJIFORMES : Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE |
Named in honor of zoologist-geologist [[Louis Agassiz]]<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/rajiformes/ | title = Order RAJIFORMES : Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE | access-date= 18 February 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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*{{FishBase |genus= Rioraja |species= agassizii | month = February| year = 2011}} |
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Latest revision as of 09:07, 7 September 2023
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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| 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.
Named in honor of zoologist-geologist Louis Agassiz[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Rioraja agassizii" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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