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Heliotrygon rosai

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Rosa's round ray
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H. rosai
Binomial name
Heliotrygon rosai

Heliotrygon rosai, the Rosa's round ray, is a freshwater stingray species native to Brazil in the upper, middle, and lower Rio Amazonas basin. [1] Its maximum size is 80 cm. They have not been evaluated by the IUCN red list.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Heliotrygon rosai". FishBase. November 2014 version.