South American freshwater stingray
Potamotrygon motoro
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- Scientific name
- Potamotrygon motoro
- Family
- Potamotrygonidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Potamotrygonidae
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Synonyms
- Paratrygon laticeps, Potamotrygon alba, Potamotrygon circularis, Potamotrygon labradori, Potamotrygon laticeps, Potamotrygon pauckei, Taeniura motoro, Trygon garrapa, Trygon mulleri
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 24–26 °C
- pH
- 6–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 90 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 1,620 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 240 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Livebearer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Data deficient (DD)
- CITES appendix
- Appendix III
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