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Morphological aspects and germ cells of male reproductive tract of river stingray, Potamotrygon amandae

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2023
The family Potamotrygonidae are the only species of stingrays restricted to fresh water and located exclusively in South America. The objective of this research was to analyze the morphological aspects and germ cells of the male reproductive tract of ...
Stefhani Cristina Chan Jacik, Julia Bastos de Aquino, Luana Felix de Melo, Rosângela Felipe Rodrigues, Alan Peres Feraz de Melo, Maria Angélica Miglino, Rose Eli Grassi Rici   +6 more
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Fish distribution across altitudinal gradients in the Upper Paraguay River Basin: Implications for conservation in the Pantanal region

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2025.
This paper approaches the patterns in fish distribution across the altitudinal gradient in the Upper Paraguay River basin, from uplands to the floodplain. We compiled more than 75,000 available fish records and registered 342 fish species and your distribution along altitudinal gradient. Floodplain portion have higher species diversity than headwaters,
Adriana Maria Espinoza Fernando, Francisco Severo‐Neto, Fabiane Silva Ferreira, Lúcia Mateus, Karina K. Tondato‐Carvalho, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz Kashiwaqui, Heriberto Gimenes Junior, Wladimir M. Domingues, Carla Simone Pavanelli, Henrique Ledo Lopes Pinho, Jerry Penha, Yzel Rondon Súarez   +11 more
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Forensic Application of Cytb and COI Genes for Freshwater stingray Identification: A Seizure Case in Bogotá, Colombia

Revista Científica
Freshwater stingrays of the Potamotrygonidae family are highly valued in the international market as ornamental fish, leading to growing demand and economic significance. In Colombia, despite legal regulations aimed at protecting these animals and their
Lisbeth Gelvez, Ana Cuellar, María Gómez, Jorge Oliveros, Paola Alméciga–Diaz, Myreya Pinedo–Castro, John Infante–González   +6 more
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Ichthyological collection of the Unillanos Natural History Museum (MHNU-I), Universidad de los Llanos, Villavicencio, Colombia

Biota Colombiana, 2022
The ichthyological collection of the Unillanos Natural History Museum (MHNU-I) is the first fish collection of the Colombian Orinoquia. The collection harbors 78 806 specimens in 3229 lots, collected between 2012 and 2019, representing 10 orders, 42 ...
Miguel Ángel Cortes Hernández, Elizabeth Aya Baquero, Juan Gabriel Albornoz Garzón, Hernando Ramírez Gil   +3 more
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Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the Amazonian freshwater stingray Paratrygon aiereba Müller & Henle, 1841 (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)

Neotropical Ichthyology
The family Potamotrygonidae is monophyletic comprising three genera: Paratrygon Duméril, Potamotrygon Garman and Plesiotrygon Rosa, Castello & Thorson.
Renata G. Frederico, Izeni P. Farias, Maria Lúcia Góes de Araújo, Patricia Charvet-Almeida, José A. Alves-Gomes   +4 more
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Diet of the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) on Marajó Island (Pará, Brazil) Dieta da raia de água doce Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) na Ilha de Marajó (Pará, Brasil)

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2010
The stomach contents of 137 examples of Potamotrygon motoro caught in 3 locations (Muaná, Afuá and Lake Arari) on Marajó Island were analysed. The values of the Index of Relative Importance (IRI) and its respective percentage (%IRI) were calculated.
MP. Almeida, PMO. Lins, P. Charvet-Almeida, RB. Barthem   +3 more
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Ecotoxicology of Potamotrygoninae freshwater stingrays: bioaccumulation, toxicological risks, and conservation implications

Frontiers in Marine Science
Obligate freshwater stingrays of the Potamotrygoninae subfamily are endemic to South America and confined to freshwater systems heavily impacted by anthropogenic activities. These pressures often lead to habitat degradation, with unknown impacts on these
Neuciane Dias Barbosa, Neuciane Dias Barbosa, Natascha Wosnick, Natascha Wosnick, Natascha Wosnick, Ana Paula Chaves, Eloísa Pinheiro Giareta, Renata Daldin Leite, Patricia Charvet, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis   +9 more
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Revisiting the History of Ornamental Aquaculture in Europe to Understand the Benefits and Drawbacks of Freshwater Fish Imports

Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 17, Issue 2, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Ornamental aquaculture and fishkeeping are very popular with millions of enthusiasts worldwide. The number of newly imported fish species for ornamental purposes grew slowly from World War I until the 1980s. It then exponentially increased until now with more than 7900 species and a large number of scientifically undescribed morphotypes.
Jindřich Novák, Dieter Hohl, Martin Stuchlík, Jaroslav Hofmann, Michael F. Tlusty, André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães, Alberto Maceda‐Veiga, Surya Gentha Akmal, Gen Hua Yue, Pradeep Kumkar, Sean M. Marr, Joseph R. Sara, Nir Stern, Andrew L. Rhyne, James M. Furse, Lukáš Kalous, Jiří Patoka   +16 more
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Gill dimensions in near-term embryos of Amazonian freshwater stingrays (Elasmobranchii: Potamotrygonidae) and their relationship to the lifestyle and habitat of neonatal pups

Neotropical Ichthyology
This comparative study of gill morphometrics in near-term embryos of freshwater stingray potamotrygonids examines gill dimensions in relation to neonatal lifestyle and habitat.
Wallice Paxiúba Duncan, Maria Isabel da Silva, Marisa Narciso Fernandes   +2 more
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Potamotrygon falkneri Castex, Maciel 1963

, 2018
Published as part of Ota, Renata Rúbia, Deprá, Gabriel de Carvalho, Graça, Weferson Júnio da & Pavanelli, Carla Simone, 2018, Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated, pp. 1-111 in Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2) on page 16, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094, http://zenodo.org/record ...
Ota, Renata Rúbia, Deprá, Gabriel de Carvalho, Graça, Weferson Júnio da, Pavanelli, Carla Simone   +3 more
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