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Tool use by aquatic animals. [PDF]

open access: yesPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2013
Mann J, Patterson EM.
europepmc   +1 more source

First identification of interspecies hybridization in the freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon motoro and P. falkneri (Myliobatiformes, Potamotrygonidae)

Conservation Genetics, 2014
The stingrays Potamotrygon motoro and P. falkneri occurred in sympatry in the Paraguay, Lower and Middle Parana River, and belong to distinct ecomorphological groups. The construction of a hydroelectric dam in Itaipu in 1982 facilitated the invasion of Upper Parana River by both species with unpredictable ecological consequences. The aim of the present
Paulino Martinez Portela   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Validation of manual semen collection methods and sperm evaluation in living freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygon falkneri) kept in ex situ conditions

Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2021
The Potamotrygon from the Potamotrygonidae family is a freshwater stingray that is native to and distributed throughout South American watersheds. The degradation suffered by the environment in recent years, particularly in aquatic habitats, directly affects native fish species.
Fabiana Lúcia André Padilha   +11 more
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Social learning in Cartilaginous fish (stingrays Potamotrygon falkneri)

Animal Cognition, 2013
Social learning is considered one of the hallmarks of cognition. Observers learn from demonstrators that a particular behavior pattern leads to a specific consequence or outcome, which may be either positive or negative. In the last few years, social learning has been studied in a variety of taxa including birds and bony fish.
Kerstin E, Thonhauser   +5 more
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Comparative study on extracts from the tissue covering the stingers of freshwater (Potamotrygon falkneri) and marine (Dasyatis guttata) stingrays

Toxicon, 2007
Stingrays are elasmobranchs found along the seacoast and in some rivers of Brazil. Pain is the most conspicuous symptom observed in patients wounded by the bilaterally retroserrate stingers located in the tail, which are covered by glandular and integument tissues.
Barbaro, Katia C.   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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