Heliotrygon rosai (original) (raw)
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Species of cartilaginous fish
| Heliotrygon rosai | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
| Genus: | Heliotrygon |
| Species: | H. rosai |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliotrygon rosaiM. R. de Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011 |
Heliotrygon rosai, or 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]
- ^ 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.