Heliotrygon rosai

Rosa's round ray
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Potamotrygonidae
Genus:	Heliotrygon
Species:	H. rosai
Binomial name
	Heliotrygon rosai; M. R. de Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011

Heliotrygon rosai, the Rosa's round ray, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is native to the Amazon basin (Marajó to Peru) in South America.^[1] Its maximum disc width is 80 cm (2.6 ft) and the stinger is greatly reduced, rendering it virtually harmless.^[1] It has not been evaluated by the IUCN red list.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b de Carvalho, M.R. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2011): Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a remarkable new genus and two new species of Neotropical freshwater stingrays from the Amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Zootaxa, 2776: 13-48.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Heliotrygon rosai". FishBase. November 2014 version.

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[Carvalho2011-1] Carvalho, M.R. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2011): Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a remarkable new genus and two new species of Neotropical freshwater stingrays from the Amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Zootaxa, 2776: 13-48.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Heliotrygon rosai". FishBase. November 2014 version.

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