Potamotrygon constellata

(Vaillant, 1880)

Thorny river stingray
Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Potamotrygonidae

Reference of the original description

Vaillant, L.L. (1880)
Sur les raies recueillies dans l'Amazone par M. le Dr. Jobert. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris, (7th Série), 4, 251–252

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Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Potamotrygon cf. constellata, Potamotrygon circularis, Taeniura constellata

Types
Potamotrygon constellata
Holotype: MNHN: A-1010
Potamotrygon circularis
Syntype: MCZ: 295-S Coari MCZ: MCZ 291-S Tefé

Description :

Citation: Potamotrygon constellata (Vaillant, 1880): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2024

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Common names
eng

Thorny river stingray, por

Arraia,

Raia

Distribution
South America: Amazon and Solimões River basin. Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: minor commercial

Size / Weight / Age
62.0 cm WD (male/unsexed; (Ref. 36687)); max. published weight: 10,000 g [20204]

Habitat
benthopelagic; potamodromous [17660]; freshwater

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=4943; CITES: (see: Protected Species for more details) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speciesof Wild Fauna and Flora annex: III; Council Regulation 2017/160 annex: C

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea

Paraheteronchocotyle amazonense Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 [16924] [22567] [9453] [22565]
Paraheteronchocotyle tsalickisi Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 [649]
Potamotrygonocotyle tsalickisi Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 [16924] [22567] [7408] [14549] [22565]

Cestoda

Acanthobothrium amazonensis Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1978 [16193] [16268] [649] [22567] [25154] [28741]
Acanthobothrium regoi Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981 [649]
Potamotrygonocestus amazonensis Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 [16357] [16268] [649] [16355] [22567] [25154]
Potamotrygonocestus travassosi Rego, 1979 [649] [16355] [25154]
Rhinebothrium paratrygoni Rego & Dias, 1976 [649]
Rhinebothroides circularisi Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 [16357] [16268] [22567]
Rhinebothroides freitasi (Rego, 1979) Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981 [649] [16917] [25154]

Nematoda

Echinocephalus daileyi Deardorff, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 [16913] [649] [22567]

Acanthocephala

Megapriapus ungriai (Gracia Rodrigo, 1960) [649]