Smooth back river stingray
Potamotrygon orbignyi
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- Scientific name
- Potamotrygon orbignyi
- Family
- Potamotrygonidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Potamotrygonidae
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Synonyms
- Potamotrygon dumerilii, Potamotrygon humerosus, Potamotrygon reticulatus, Potamotrygon roulini, Trygon dorbignyi, Trygon d'orbignyi, Trygon dumerilii, Trygon orbignyi, Trygon reticulatus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 24–26 °C
- pH
- 6–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 37.5 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
- CITES appendix
- Appendix III
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