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Potamotrygonidae
Smallspine Discus Stingray
Paratrygon parvaspina
A tiny sting remains along the short tail
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
LargeSmallspine Discus Stingray is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 54.3 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Stingrays
- Family
- Potamotrygonidae
- Genus
- Paratrygon
- Maximum length
- 54.3 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: endemic to the Orinoco basin (n middle portion of the Orinoco River and its main affluents, the Bita and Tomo rivers).
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