Potamotrygon orbignyi

Smooth back river stingray
At the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Myliobatiformes
Family:Potamotrygonidae
Genus:Potamotrygon
Species: P. orbignyi
Binomial name
Potamotrygon orbignyi
(Castelnau, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Trygon orbignyi Castelnau, 1855
  • Trygon dumerilii Castelnau, 1855
  • Trygon reticulatus Günther, 1880

Potamotrygon orbignyi, or the smooth back river stingray, is a species of river stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America.[2]

Etymology

Illustration of Potamotrygon orbignyi by Castelnau.

The genus name Potamotrygon comes from the Greek words potamos (river) and trygon (sting ray).

References

  1. ↑ Góes de Araújo, M.L., Pinto de Almeida, M., Rincón, G., Charvet-Almeida, P. & Rosa, R.S. (2009). "Potamotrygon orbignyi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T161609A5463698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161609A5463698.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Potamotrygon orbignyi summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2017-03-24.


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