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Élasmobranches (requins et raies) (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays) > Potamotrygoninae
Etymology: Potamotrygon: Greek, potamos = river + Greek, trygon = a sting ray (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Müller & Henle.

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Authorship of species is credited to Müller & Henle (1841) and not Naterrer (who collected the type specimen) as in Rosa (1985a). A widespread species that may require further subdivision after more study. Studies of its reproductive biology indicate that females attain sexual maturity between 24 and 32 cm DW (males between 20 and 30 cm DW), and may produce from three to 21 embryos per gestation (Achenbach & Achencbach, 1976) or only six or seven (Thorson et al., 1983b; these differences may be populational). Larger specimens may weigh 10 kg. This species has been captively bred in aquaria, but is still the most comercially imported species by the aquarium industry. Additional references: Bertin (1939), Castex & Castello (1970b), Achenbach & Achenbach (1976), Thorson et al. (1983b), Sérét & McEachran (1986), Ortega & Vari (1986), Paepke & Schmidt (1988), Barriga (1991), Compagno & Cook (1995), Lasso et al. (1997a), Ferreira et al. (1998), Britski et al. (1999).

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

; eau douce benthopélagique; pH range: 5.0 - 6.0; dH range: 10 - ?; potamodrome (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)

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South America: Uruguay, Paraná-Paraguay, Orinoco, and Amazon River basins.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm WD mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 36687); poids max. publié: 34.2 kg (Ref. 85107)

Found in freshwater rivers. It is an extremely dangerous species. Maximum length reported in Axelrod et al., 1991 (Ref. 6398) is 100 cm TL.

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16 pups were born by one female in captivity (Ref. 57489).

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Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Données manquantes (DD) ; Date assessed: 01 October 2005

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Appendix III: International trade cooperation

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Traumatogenic (Ref. 4716)

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Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Aquariums publics

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [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).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Generation time: 6.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Fec=16).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)