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river rays
Potamotrygon
Potamotrygon is a genus of freshwater stingrays in the family Potamotrygonidae native to the rivers of South America, and sometimes seen in the aquarium trade.
31 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 31 known species
Peacock River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon motoro
Xingu River Ray
speciesPotamotrygon leopoldi
Paraná Freshwater Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon falkneri
Smooth-back River Ray
speciesPotamotrygon orbignyi
Magdalena River Ray
speciesPotamotrygon magdalenae
Pearl River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon jabuti
Short-tailed River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon brachyura
Tocantins River Ray
speciesPotamotrygon henlei
Tiger River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon tigrina
Whitespotted freshwater stingray
speciesPotamotrygon scobina
Cururu Ray
speciesPotamotrygon wallacei
Porcupine River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon histrix
Gold Dust Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon marinae
Amanda's River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon amandae
Great River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon rex
Flower Ray
speciesPotamotrygon schroederi
Itaituba Ray
speciesPotamotrygon albimaculata
Starry River Ray
speciesPotamotrygon constellata
Pantanal River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon pantanensis
Tatiana's River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon tatianae
Paranaiba River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon signata
Maracaibo River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon yepezi
Smooth Back River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon humerosa
Marques' Freshwater Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon marquesi
Lima's River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon limai
Red-blotched River Ray
speciesPotamotrygon ocellata
Parana River Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon schuhmacheri
Suriname Freshwater Stingray
speciesPotamotrygon boesemani
Adamastor River Ray
speciesPotamotrygon adamastor
Potamotrygon garmani
speciesPotamotrygon garmani
Potamotrygon amazona
speciesPotamotrygon amazona
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 91280.