| Raspy river stingray | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
| Genus: | Potamotrygon |
| Species: | P. scobina
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamotrygon scobina
Garman, 1913
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The raspy river stingray, mosaic stingray or arraia (Potamotrygon scobina) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. This stingray is endemic to the Amazon basin in Brazil, [1] where known from the Amazon– Pará River ( Belém to near the confluence with the Putumayo River), the Madeira River basin, Uatumã River and lower Tocantins River. [2]
It reaches up to 69.1 cm (2.27 ft) in disc width and 132.5 cm (4.35 ft) in total length. [1] It is fairly common, but threatened by habitat loss. [1] It is part of a group consisting of five allopatric Amazonian stingrays, the others being P. adamastor ( Uraricoera River), P. amazona ( Juruá, Jutaí and Rio Negro), P. garmani (mid to upper Tocantins River) and P. limai ( Jamari River). [2] These all have three angular cartilages (as opposed to the one or two seen in other species in the genus). [2]
References
- ^ a b c d De Almeida, M.P.; Charvet-Almeida, P. (2004). "Potamotrygon scobina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44594A10911875. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44594A10911875.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Fontenelle, J.P.; M.R. de Carvalho (2017). "Systematic Revision of the Potamotrygon scobina Garman, 1913 Species-complex (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae), with the Description of Three New Freshwater Stingray Species from Brazil and Comments on Their Distribution and Biogeography". Zootaxa. 4310 (1): 1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4310.1.1.
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