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Gomes's Round Ray
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Gomes's Round Ray

Heliotrygon gomesi

Heliotrygon gomesi, the Gomes's round ray or China ray, is a species of freshwater stingray native to the western Amazon basin in South America. It is the type species of its genus. It spends the day in deep river channels, but moves closer to the shore at night to feed.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143777.