Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Potamotrygonidae > Potamotrygon > Potamotrygon brachyura

Potamotrygon brachyura (Short-tailed river stingray; Shorttailed river stingray)

Synonyms: Potamotrygon brumi; Trygon brachyurus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The short-tailed river stingray (Potamotrygon brachyura) is a species of river stingray (Potamotrygonidae) native to South America; they are known to inhabit Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina river basins. Growing to a size of 4.9 ft (1.5 m) and a weight of 459 lb (208 kg), they are hunted as food and for aquaria.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Potamotrygonocotyle chisholmae[1]
Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius[1]
Potamotrygonocotyle uruguayensis[1]
Rhinebothrium paratrygoni[1]

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♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0