| Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays), subfamily: Potamotrygoninae |
| 70.1 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| South America: Brazil. |
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This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal disc coloration varying from gray and dark gray to brown, dark brown and reddish brown and characterized; presence of large, round spots of beige, gray, brown, dark brown or reddish brown color throughout the disc, two to three times the diameter of the spiracle; spiracles small and rounded, mean spiracle length 4.4% DW (2.8-6.4% DW) with small and globular spiracular process; dermal denticles on the central disc with small, narrow and slightly higher crowns with a well developed central coronal plate of quadrangular shape, surrounded by three to six smaller and conical lateral coronal ridges; junction of four canals with the anterior end positioned more externally than the posterior end, with infraorbital and supraorbital canals connected at the anterior end, and hyomandibular and nasal canals connected at the posterior end; and posterior end of the frontoparietal component of the fontanelle straight to slightly oval (Ref. 138774). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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