Bigtooth river stingray | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
Genus: | Potamotrygon |
Species: | P. henlei |
Binomial name | |
Potamotrygon henlei (Castelnau, 1855) |
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Synonyms | |
Trygon henlei Castelnau, 1855 |
The bigtooth river stingray or Tocantins River ray, Potamotrygon henlei, is a species of freshwater stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.