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Elasmobranchii (haaien en roggen) (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 Ecologie

; zoet water benthopelagisch; pH range: 5.0 - 6.0; dH range: 10 - ?; potamodroom (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)

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

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm WD mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 36687); max. gepubliceerd gewicht: 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)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Onvoldoende gegevens (DD) ; Date assessed: 01 October 2005

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Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

Traumatogenic (Ref. 4716)

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van minder commercieel belang; Aquarium: Publieke aquaria

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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (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).

Trofisch niveau (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.

Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179): laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (Fec=16).

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

Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)