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    Potamotrygon is a genus of freshwater stingrays in the family Potamotrygonidae native to the rivers of South America, and sometimes seen in the aquarium...
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    The ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro), also known as the peacock-eye stingray or black river stingray, is a species of freshwater stingray...
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    Potamotrygon tigrina, also known as the tiger river stingray, is a species of freshwater ray in the family Potamotrygonidae. This endangered species is...
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    River stingray, white-blotched river stingray, or polka-dot stingray (Potamotrygon leopoldi) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae...
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    (Black-tailed antenna ray) Genus Potamotrygon Garman, 1877 Potamotrygon adamastor J. P. Fontenelle & M.R. de Carvalho, 2017 Potamotrygon albimaculata M. R. de Carvalho...
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    Potamotrygon falkneri, the largespot river stingray or reticulated freshwater stingray, is a species of freshwater stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae...
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    The porcupine river stingray (Potamotrygon histrix, sometimes incorrectly modified to Potamotrygon hystrix) is a species of river stingray in the family...
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    The bigtooth river stingray or Tocantins River ray (Potamotrygon henlei) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is endemic...
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    The short-tailed river stingray (Potamotrygon brachyura) is a species of river stingray (family Potamotrygonidae) native to the Río de la Plata Basin in...
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    Potamotrygon orbignyi, the smooth back river stingray, is a species of river stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found in the Amazon and Orinoco...
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    Potamotrygon rex, the great river stingray, is a species of freshwater stingray belonging to the family Potamotrygonidae, native to South America in the...
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  • Potamotrygon schuhmacheri, the Parana river stingray, is a species of fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found in the Paraná and Paraguay River...
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    polylepis) are amongst the largest freshwater fish. Ocellate river stingrays (Potamotrygon motoro) are found in South American rivers. Spiny butterfly rays (Gymnura...
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  • Potamotrygon constellata (Colombia) Potamotrygon magdalenae (Colombia) Potamotrygon motoro (Colombia) Potamotrygon orbignyi (Colombia) Potamotrygon schroederi...
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  • Potamotrygon tatianae, the Tatiana's river stingray, is a species of river stingray (Potamotrygonidae) endemic to the Madre de Dios River and upper Madeira...
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    Potamotrygon magdalenae, the Magdalena River stingray, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found only in the Magdalena...
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  • type specimen was caught. Stauch and Blanc assigned this species to Potamotrygon, which would have made it the only representative of the genus outside...
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  • Potamotrygon limai Potamotrygon magdalenae (Magdalena river stingray) Potamotrygon marinae Potamotrygon motoro (Ocellate river stingray) Potamotrygon...
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    such as the gecko Cyrtodactylus wallacei, and the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon wallacei. More recently, several new species have been named during the...
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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...
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    Portuguese Pinna dorbignyi Hanley, 1858 – a species of bivalve mollusc Potamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855) – a species of freshwater stingray Quadracythere...
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    spines, with special reference to South American freshwater stingrays, Potamotrygon spp". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 23 (4): 299–314. doi:10.1007/bf00005241...
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    Antivenom (SFAV). It has been found that the mucous and sting venom of Potamotrygon cf. henlei, a species of stingray that is found in Brazil, is toxic to...
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  • copi-anullum from the Paratrygon aiereba in Peru R. paranaense from the Potamotrygon falkneri in Paraguay R. mistyae from the P. motoro in Argentina R. corbatai...
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    these are endemic. One of the basin endemics is the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon signata. More than 70% of the fish species in the basin are members of...
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  • Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) Ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro) Giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis) 10 "Killer Snakehead"...
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  • (Corydoras xinguensis), a tropical freshwater fish Xingu River ray (Potamotrygon leopoldi), a tropical freshwater ray endemic to the river Xingu Beer...
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    Ichthyoelephas longirostris, Panaque cochliodon, Pimelodus blochii, Potamotrygon magdalenae, Prochilodus magdalenae, Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum and...
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  • is a parasite, living in the gills of Short-tailed river stingrays (Potamotrygon brachyura). The Latin name uruguayensis refers to the Uruguay River,...
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  • Potamotrygonocotyle is a genus of monogeneans that parasitise stingrays of the genus Potamotrygon. From 1981 the genus contained only one member, Potamotrygonocotyle tsalickisi...
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