Atlantoraja

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: 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)

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. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Atlantoraja and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Atlantoraja species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.