Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Rajomorphii
Ordo: Rajiformes
Familia: Rajidae
Subfamilia: Arhynchobatinae
Tribus: Riorajini
Genus: Atlantoraja
Species: A. castelnaui – †A. cecilae – A. cyclophora – A. platana
Name
Atlantoraja Menni, 1972
Type species: Raia cyclophora (= Raja cyclophora Regan, 1903)
Etymology: Atlanto, referring to distribution of A. castelnaui and A. cyclophora in southwestern Atlantic Ocean; raia, Latin for ray or skate. (From: The ETYFish Project)
Atlantoraja platana
References
Menni, R.C. 1972. Raja ("Atlantoraja") subgen. nov. y lista critica de los "Rajidae" Argentinos (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes). Revista del Museo de La Plata Seccíon Zoología 11(103): 165–173. Reference page.
Links
Atlantoraja and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Atlantoraja species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
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
There are three extant and one extinct species recognized within the genus:
Atlantoraja castelnaui (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907) (Spotback skate)
†Atlantoraja cecilae (Steurbaut & Herman, 1978)
Atlantoraja cyclophora (Regan, 1903) (Eyespot skate)
Atlantoraja platana (Günther, 1880) (La Plata skate)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Atlantoraja in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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