Bigtooth river stingray

Bigtooth river stingray

Taxobox
name = Bigtooth river stingray



status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Potamotrygonidae
genus = "Potamotrygon"
species = "P. henlei"
binomial = "Potamotrygon henlei"
binomial_authority = (Castelnau, 1855)
synonyms =
The bigtooth river stingray ("Potamotrygon henlei") is a species of fish in the Potamotrygonidae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Rincon, G. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/39402/all Potamotrygon henlei] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.


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