Atlantoraja castelnaui

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes
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: Atlantoraja castelnaui

Name

Atlantoraja castelnaui (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907)

• Holotype:
• Type locality: Atlantic coast of Brazil.

Combinations

• Raja castelnaui Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907 : 177 [Original combination]
• Raja (Atlantoraja) castelnaui — Menni, 1972 [New combination]
• Atlantoraja castelnaui — McEachran & Dunn, 1998 [New combination]

References

• Miranda-Ribeiro, A. 1907. Fauna Braziliense. Peixes. II. Desmobranchios. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 14: 132–217, Pl. 1-20. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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. PDF. Reference page. 
• McEachran, J.D. & Dunn, K.A. 1998. Phylogenetic Analysis of Skates, a Morphologically Conservative Clade of Elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(1): 271–290. DOI: 10.2307/1447424 Reference page. 

Links

• Atlantoraja castelnaui in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Atlantoraja castelnaui in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Atlantoraja castelnaui  (Endangered)
• Atlantoraja castelnaui in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

English: Spotback skate
português do Brasil: Raia-chita, Raia-pintada, Arraia-chita, Arraia-pintada