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Common names: Arraia, Boró, Chucho de rio
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Río Paraná in Rosario and Parano Platense (Ref. 51923). Also Ref. 36687, 56308, 58839.
National Checklist: Argentina
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lopez, H.L., R.C. Menni and A.M. Miguelarena, 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Chucho de río, Black river stingray, Boró, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (hajar och rockor) (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.

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

; sötvatten bentopelagisk; pH range: 5.0 - 6.0; dH range: 10 - ?; flodvandrande (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)

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

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 36687); publicerad maxvikt: 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.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 01 October 2005

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Appendix III: International trade cooperation

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic (Ref. 4716)

Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell; Akvarium: Offentliga akvarier

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Estimates based on models

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).

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

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (Fec=16).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (58 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)