Potamotrygon orbignyi
| Potamotrygon orbignyi | |
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| At the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
| Genus: | Potamotrygon |
| Species: | P. orbignyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855)
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Potamotrygon orbignyi, the smooth back river stingray, is a species of river stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America.[2]
Etymology
The genus name Potamotrygon comes from the Greek words potamos (river) and trygon (sting ray). The species name is in honor of Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny.[3]
References
- ^ Torres, Y.T.P.; Araújo, M.L.G.; Sayer, C.; Charvet-Almeida, P. (2025). "Potamotrygon orbignyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T161609A892617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T161609A892617.en. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Potamotrygon orbignyi". FishBase. March 2017 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (24 November 2018). "Family POTAMOTRYGONIDAE Garman 1877 (Neotropical Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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