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Giant freshwater whipray (Urogymnus polylepis)
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Ecological Illustration of Giant freshwater whipray (Urogymnus polylepis)
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Dasyatidae

Giant freshwater whipray

Urogymnus polylepis

Ray beneath the Mekong Basin

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Oceania
  • Other
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Giant freshwater whipray is a freshwater fish from Asia and Oceania. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 240 cm.

Class
Sharks and Rays
Order
Stingrays
Family
Dasyatidae
Genus
Urogymnus
Body shape
other
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