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Origins, Diversification, and Historical Structure of the Helminth Fauna Inhabiting Neotropical Freshwater Stingrays (Potamotrygonidae)

The Journal of Parasitology, 1992
Members of the freshwater stingray family Potamotrygonidae occur throughout the major river systems of eastern South America that empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Ichthyologists have tended to assume that the ancestor of the potamotrygonids was an Atlantic marine or euryhaline stingray that dispersed into freshwater, presumably during the last marine ...
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Further comment on the nomenclature of the freshwater stingray Elipesurus spinicauda Schomburgk, 1843 (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 1985
The monotypic genus Elipesurus of neotropical freshwater stingrays, and its type species E. spinicauda, are known from a single specimen which lacked a developed tail and caudal sting. No type or similar specimens exist. The original description and illustration are inaccurate, without diagnostic measurements or characters, excepting those mentioned ...
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Stirring, charging, and picking: hunting tactics of potamotrygonid rays in the upper Paraná River

Neotropical Ichthyology
Hunting tactics of potamotrygonid freshwater rays remain unreported under natural conditions. Three main foraging tactics of Potamotrygon falkneri and P. motoro are described here based on underwater observations in the upper Paraná River.
Domingos Garrone-Neto, Ivan Sazima
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Caracterización morfológica de los estadios embrionarios de la raya dulceacuícola Potamotrygon magdalenae (Elasmobranchii: Potamotrygonidae)

Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 2022
Potamotrygon magdalenae, una raya perteneciente a la familia Potamotrygonidae distribuida en la cuenca del río Magdalena, es considerada de muy alta prioridad para la investigación en el Plan de Acción Nacional para la Conservación y Manejo de Tiburones,
Sergio Antonio Lizcano-Gutiérrez, Martha Patricia Ramírez-Pinilla   +1 more
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Índices parasitários da arraia cururu Potamotrygon cf. histrix da Bacia do médio Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil. [PDF]

, 2017
A família Potamotrygonidae é constituída por arraias de vida exclusiva em água doce, encontradas na maioria dos sistemas fluviais da América do Sul.
DIAS, M. T., FERREIRA, W. R., LEMOS, J. R. G., MARCON, J. L., OLIVEIRA, A. T. de, SANTOS, M. Q. de C.   +5 more
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Hábitos alimentares e sobreposição trófica das raias Potamotrygon falkneri e Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes, Potamotrygonidae) na planície alagável do alto rio Paraná, Brasil = Feeding habitats and trophic overlap of the freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon falkneri e Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes, Potamotrygonidae) in the upper Paraná river floodplain, Brazil

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2006
As raias Potamotrygon falkneri e Potamotrygon motoro foram avaliadas em relação à composição de suas dietas e a sobreposição do nicho trófico nos períodos de seca (agosto/2004) e cheia (janeiro/2005) na planície alagável do alto rio Paraná, em três ...
Milza Celi Fedatto Abelha, Alessandra Pasian Lonardoni, Erivelto Goulart, Edson Fontes de Oliveira   +3 more
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Injuries caused by freshwater stingrays in the Tapajós River Basin: a clinical and sociodemographic study

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION Freshwater stingray envenomations are an important cause of morbidity in riverine populations living in various regions of Brazil. The sequelae include temporary or permanent disability.
Paulo Afonso Martins Abati, Pasesa Pascuala Quispe Torrez, Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França, Fabio Lambertini Tozzi, Flávio Mileo Bacelar Guerreiro, Suellen Aline Torres dos Santos, Sheyla Mara Silva de Oliveira, Vidal Haddad Junior   +7 more
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BIOECOLOGÃ�A DE LA RAYA DE AGUA DULCE Potamotrygon magdalenae (Duméril, 1865) (MYLIOBATIFORMES) EN LA CIÉNAGA DE SABAYO, GUAIMARAL, COLOMBIA BIOECOLOGY OF THE FRESHWATER STINGRAY Potamotrygon magdalenae (Duméril, 1865) (MYLIOBATIFORMES) FROM THE CIÉNAGA DE SABAYO, GUAIMARAL, COLOMBIA

Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad & Divulgación Científica, 2011
A pesar de la representatividad de Potamotrygon magdalenae en Colombia, por encontrarse a lo largo de la cuenca del río Magdalena y sus afluentes, esta raya no ha sido objeto de estudios previos, desconociéndose la mayor parte de sus aspectos bio ...
Herly Bibiana Ramos-Socha, Marcela Grijalba-Bendeck   +1 more
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A Severe Accident Caused by an Ocellate River Stingray (Potamotrygon motoro) in Central Brazil: How Well Do We Really Understand Stingray Venom Chemistry, Envenomation, and Therapeutics?

Toxins, 2015
Freshwater stingrays cause many serious human injuries, but identification of the offending species is uncommon. The present case involved a large freshwater stingray, Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae), in the Araguaia River in ...
Nelson Jorge da Silva, Kalley Ricardo Clementino Ferreira, Raimundo Nonato Leite Pinto, Steven Douglas Aird   +3 more
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Parâmetros sanguíneos da arraia de água doce Potamotrygon orbignyi Castelnau, 1855 (Potamotrygonidae) da Bacia do Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil. [PDF]

, 2017
A região Amazônica apresenta a maior diversidade de espécies de potamotrigonídeos, algumas com distribuição ampla como as arraias Paratrygon aiereba, Potamotrygon motoro e Potamotrygon orbignyi, sendo essa última encontrada nas bacias dos rios Amazonas ...
DIAS, M. T., LEMOS, J. R. G., MARCON, J. L., OLIVEIRA, A. T. de, PEREIRA, C. do N., SANTOS, M. Q. de C.   +5 more
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