| Rio skate | |
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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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| 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]
