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title: "Rio Skate"
description: "Rioraja agassizii — Poissons. The rio skate (Rioraja agassizii) is a shallow water skate native to the Atlantic coast of South America from Brazil to southern Argentina."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/rio-skate
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rio Skate

> Rioraja agassizii — Poissons. The rio skate (Rioraja agassizii) is a shallow water skate native to the Atlantic coast of South America from Brazil to southern Argentina.

- Scientific name: *Rioraja agassizii*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 148
- Wikidata: [Q4667996](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4667996)
- iNaturalist taxon: [111817](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111817)

## Names

- en: Rio Skate
- es: Raya Lisa
- pt: Raia-de-Agassiz

## Countries with the most observations

BR (83), AR (18)

## Summary

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.
The species is named in honor of zoologist-geologist Louis Agassiz.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_skate

## Photo

![Rio Skate](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rio-skate/medium.jpg)

Photo: Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27907555

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rio-skate?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).