Rio skate

Rio Skate
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Rioraja
Whitley, 1939
Species: R. agassizii
Binomial name
Rioraja agassizii
(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)

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 its genus.

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