Potamotrygon schuhmacheri, the Parana river stingray, is a species of fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found in the Paraná and Paraguay River basins in Argentina, Paraguay, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
| Potamotrygon schuhmacheri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
| Genus: | Potamotrygon |
| Species: | P. schuhmacheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamotrygon schuhmacheri Castex, 1964
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The fish is named in honor of a student in Castex’ former high-school and a collaborator, Roberto Schümacher (1947–1964), who died in an accident.[2]
References
edit- ^ Charvet-Almeida, P. & de Almeida, M.P. (2004). "Potamotrygon schuemacheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44593A10911457. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44593A10911457.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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