Ocellate river stingray

Ocellate river stingray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Potamotrygonidae
Genus: Potamotrygon
Species:
P. motoro
Binomial name
Potamotrygon motoro
Synonyms
  • Paratrygon laticeps Garman 1913
  • Potamotrygon alba Castex 1963
  • Potamotrygon circularis Garman 1913
  • Potamotrygon labradori Castex 1963
  • Potamotrygon laticeps Garman 1913
  • Potamotrygon pauckei Castex 1963
  • Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle 1841
  • Trygon garrapa Jardine 1843
  • Trygon mulleri Castelnau 1855

The ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro), also known as the peacock-eye stingray or black river stingray, is a species of freshwater stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It was the first species to be described in the family and is also the most widespread, ranging throughout much of the Río de la Plata, Amazon, Mearim and Orinoco basins in tropical and subtropical South America.[2] It is sometimes kept in aquaria.[3]

  1. ^ Drioli, M. & Chiaramonte, G. (2005). "Potamotrygon motoro". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2005. IUCN: e.T39404A10226461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2005.RLTS.T39404A10226461.en.
  2. ^ Loboda, T.S.; and de Carvalho, M.R. (2013). Systematic revision of the Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841) species complex in the Paraná-Paraguay basin, with description of two new ocellated species (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 11(4): 693–737.
  3. ^ Dawes, John (2001). Complete Encyclopedia of the Freshwater Aquarium. New York: Firefly Books Ltd. ISBN 1-55297-544-4.