The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·607474SpeciesAnimalia16 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Cartilaginous Fishes
  5. ›Sharks and Rays
  6. ›Rays
  7. ›Stingrays
  8. ›River Stingrays
  9. ›Typical River Stingrays
  10. ›Potamotrygon
Tiger River Stingray
Plate 1 of 3. (c) Sesamehoneytart, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · via iNaturalist
IUCN EN · Endangered

Tiger River Stingray

Potamotrygon tigrina

Potamotrygon tigrina, also known as the tiger river stingray, is a species of freshwater ray in the family Potamotrygonidae. This endangered species is endemic to black- and whitewater rivers in the upper Amazon basin in northeastern Peru. It is sometimes kept in aquariums and has been bred in captivity, but it is generally a sensitive species.

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Potamotrygon tigrina in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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 607474.