Biology:Heliotrygon rosai

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Heliotrygon rosai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Potamotrygonidae
Genus: Heliotrygon
Species:
H. rosai
Binomial name
Heliotrygon rosai
M. R. de Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011

Heliotrygon rosai, or Rosa's round ray, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is native to the Amazon basin (Marajó to Peru) in South America.[1] Its maximum disc width is 80 cm (2.6 ft) and the stinger is greatly reduced, rendering it virtually harmless.[1] It has not been evaluated by the IUCN red list.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 de Carvalho, M.R. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2011): Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a remarkable new genus and two new species of Neotropical freshwater stingrays from the Amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Zootaxa, 2776: 13-48.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Heliotrygon rosai" in FishBase. November 2014 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q4548380 entry