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Paratrygon munduruku Loboda, 2026 |
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photo by
Loboda, T.S. et al., 2026 |
| Family: | Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays), subfamily: Potamotrygoninae | |||
| Max. size: | 36.6 cm WD (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal coloration of the disc is brown with numerous small, dark brown spots in axon or vermiculated formats spread throughout the disc, not very conspicous and lacking withish withish spots; small and quadrangular spiracle with a mean spiracle length of 4.6% DW (3.6-5.8% DW), with a reduced, rounded spiracular process that covers only a small part of the posterior portion of the spiracular aperture; dermal denticles on the central disc with a crown that possesses a central coronal plate and lateral coronal ridges in a leaf shape, with the lateral coronal ridges smaller and ranging from two; and the propterygium is arched and stout, with the posterior portion thicker than the anterior (Ref. 138774). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||