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Potamotrygon brachyura (Gunther, 1880)
SHORT-TAILED RIVER STINGRAY
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Potamotrygon brachyura, Short-tailed river stingray : fisheries
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Potamotrygon brachyura ( Günther , 1880 )

Short-tailed river stingray Upload your photos  and  videos
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays) > Potamotrygoninae
Etymology: Potamotrygon: Greek, potamos = river + Greek, trygon = a sting ray (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Günther .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Temperate

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South America: Paraná-Paraguay (including Cuiabá river in Brazil), Uruguay basins and Argentina (Ref. 58839 ). Formerly classified as data deficient in the 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species (Ref. 36508 ).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 95.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 36687 ); max. published weight: 208.0 kg (Ref. 72380 )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Carvalho, Marcelo | Collaborators

Compagno, L.J.V. , 1999. Checklist of living elasmobranchs. p. 471-498. In W.C. Hamlett (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. (Ref. 35766 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983 )

  Data deficient (DD)  ; Date assessed: 24 June 2003

CITES

Appendix III: International trade cooperation

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: subsistence fisheries FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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