Peacock River Stingray
Potamotrygon motoro
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The ocellate river stingray, also known as the peacock-eye stingray or black river stingray, is a species of freshwater stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It was the first species to be described in the family and is also the most widespread, ranging throughout much of the Río de la Plata, Amazon, Mearim and Orinoco basins in tropical and subtropical South America. It is sometimes kept in aquaria.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Potamotrygonidae
- Genus
- Potamotrygon