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Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays) > Potamotrygoninae
Etymology: Plesiotrygon: Greek, plesios = near + Greek, trygon = a sting ray (Ref. 45335); iwamae: Named in honor of the late Brazilian zoologist Satoko Iwama (Ref. 34195).
Issue
Food items consist of fishes (e.g. catfishes), insects, crustaceans and nematodes (Rosa et al., 1987). Nothing is known of its reproductive biology, but pups are free-swimming at least by 12 cm DL. Recent references: Barriga (1991), Wilkens & Dohse (1993), Compagno & Cook (1995), Lovejoy (1996).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; zoet water demersaal. Tropical
South America: Upper to lower Amazon River basin, from Ecuador to Belém, Brazil, in the Napo, Solimões, Amazonas and Pará rivers.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.0 cm WD mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 34195)
Feeds on small catfishes, insects, decapod crustaceans, and parasitic cestodes and nematodes (Ref. 34195).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Rosa, R.S., H.P. Castello and T.B. Thorson, 1987. Plesiotrygon iwamae, a new genus and species of neotropical freshwater stingray (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Copeia 1987(2):447-458. (Ref. 34195)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.46 se; based on food items.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Zeer laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd meer dan 14 jaar (Assuming Fec<10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (58 of 100).