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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
Genus: | Potamotrygon |
Species: | P. magdalenae
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Binomial name | |
Potamotrygon magdalenae
Duméril, 1865
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Synonyms | |
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Potamotrygon magdalenae, the Magdalena River stingray, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. [1] It is found only in the Magdalena and Atrato basins in Colombia, but it is locally abundant [1] and among the predominant fish species in its range. [2] It is a small species of stingray with a typical disc width of about 20 cm (8 in), [1] although it can reach up to 35 cm (14 in). [3]
Potamotrygon magdalenae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
Genus: | Potamotrygon |
Species: | P. magdalenae
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Binomial name | |
Potamotrygon magdalenae
Duméril, 1865
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Synonyms | |
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Potamotrygon magdalenae, the Magdalena River stingray, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. [1] It is found only in the Magdalena and Atrato basins in Colombia, but it is locally abundant [1] and among the predominant fish species in its range. [2] It is a small species of stingray with a typical disc width of about 20 cm (8 in), [1] although it can reach up to 35 cm (14 in). [3]