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Rio skate
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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)

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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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[ETYFish-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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+{{Short description|Species of cartilaginous fish}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{Speciesbox
-| name = Rio Skate
 | image = Rioraja agassizii.jpg
 | status = VU
 | status_system = IUCN3.1
+| parent_authority = [[Gilbert Percy Whitley|Whitley]], 1939
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| taxon = Rioraja agassizii
-| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
+| authority = ([[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1841)
-| classis = [[Chondrichthyes]]
+| range_map = Rioraja agassizii range.png
-| ordo = [[Rajiformes]]
-| familia = [[Rajidae]]
-| genus = '''''Rioraja'''''
-| genus_authority = [[Gilbert Percy Whitley|Whitley]], 1939
-| species = '''''R. agassizii'''''
-| binomial = ''Rioraja agassizii''
-| binomial_authority = ([[Johannes Peter Müller|J. P. Müller]] & [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle|Henle]], 1841)
 }}
-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 its genus.
+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'''''.
+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>
 == References ==
+{{Reflist}}
-*{{FishBase species |genus= Rioraja |species= agassizii | month = February| year = 2011}}
+*{{FishBase |genus= Rioraja |species= agassizii | month = February| year = 2011}}
 {{Taxonbar|from=Q4667996}}
 [[Category:Rajidae]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle]]
 [[Category:Fish described in 1841]]