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Common names: Arraia, Raia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the middle and lower Amazon River, lower Tocantins River, Pará River, and Trombetas River (Ref. 36687). Reported from Santarém (Ref. 12202). Type locality, Rio Tocantins at Cametá, Pará (Ref. 33021).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ferreira, E.J.G., J. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays) > Potamotrygoninae
Etymology: Potamotrygon: Greek, potamos = river + Greek, trygon = a sting ray (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Garman.

Issue
Nothing is known about its reproductive biology. Additional references: Hartel & Dingerkus (1997), Ferreira et al. (1998), Compagno & Cook (1995).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce bentopelágico; potamódromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

South America: Middle and lower Amazon River, lower Tocantins River, Pará River, Trombetas River in Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 39.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 54.7 cm WD macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 94972); peso máx. Publicado: 15.0 kg (Ref. 27548)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Fecundity: 1-4 pups; gestation takes 3-4 months (Ref. 52199).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Carvalho, Marcelo | Colaboradores

de Carvalho, M.R., N. Lovejoy and R.S. Rosa, 2003. Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays). p. 22-28. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36687)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Dados insuficientes (DD) ; Date assessed: 30 April 2004

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Appendix III: International trade cooperation

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

Harmless

Utilização humana

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Potamotrygon scobina Garman, 1913