Heliotrygon rosai
Rosa's round ray | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Species: | H. rosai
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Heliotrygon rosai & , 2011
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Heliotrygon rosai, the 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[]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Heliotrygon rosai" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
Categories:
- Potamotrygonidae
- Freshwater fish of Brazil
- Freshwater fish of Peru
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Fish described in 2011
- Cartilaginous fish stubs