Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Arhynchobatidae

Genus: Atlantoraja

Species: Atlantoraja platana (Günther, 1880)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southeast Atlantic: Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.

Biology

Type specimen taken from a depth of about 24 m (Ref. 26282). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205). Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods (Ref. 57911).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless