Raspy river stingray: Difference between revisions

| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN"iucn status 14 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=De Almeida, M.P. & |author2=Charvet-Almeida, P. |date=2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/44594/all |title=''Potamotrygon scobina].'' |volume=2004 |page=e.T44594A10911875 [http:|doi=10.2305//wwwIUCN.iucnredlistUK.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species2004.RLTS.T44594A10911875.en ]|access-date=14 November Downloaded on 3 August 2007.2021}}</ref>

| phylumauthority = [[ChordataSamuel Garman|Garman]], 1913

The '''raspy river stingray''', '''mosaic stingray''' or '''''arraia''''' ('''''Potamotrygon scobina''''') is a species of [[freshwater fish]] in the family [[Potamotrygonidae]] family. This [[stingray]] is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Amazon basin]] in Brazil,<ref name=IUCN"iucn status 14 November 2021" /> where known from the [[Amazon River|Amazon]]–[[Pará River]] ([[Belém]] to near the confluence with the [[Putumayo River]]), the [[Madeira River]] basin, [[Uatumã River]] and lower [[Tocantins River]].<ref name=Fontenelle2017>{{cite journal| authorsauthor1=Fontenelle, J.P.; and |author2=M.R. de Carvalho | year=2017 | title=Systematic Revision of the Potamotrygon scobina Garman, 1913 Species-complex (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae), with the Description of Three New Freshwater Stingray Species from Brazil and Comments on Their Distribution and Biogeography | journal=Zootaxa | volume=4310 | issue=1 | page=1 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4310.1.1}}</ref>

It reaches up to {{convert|69.1|cm|ft|abbr=on}} in disc width and {{convert|132.5|cm|ft|abbr=on}} in total length.<ref name=IUCN"iucn status 14 November 2021" /> It is fairly common, but threatened by [[habitat destruction|habitat loss]].<ref name=IUCN"iucn status 14 November 2021" /> It is part of a group consisting of five [[allopatric]] Amazonian stingrays, the others being ''[[Potamotrygon adamastor|P. adamastor]]'' ([[Uraricoera River]]), ''[[Potamotrygon amazona|P. amazona]]'' ([[Juruá River|Juruá]], [[Jutaí River|Jutaí]] and [[Rio Negro (Amazon)|Rio Negro]]), ''[[Potamotrygon garmani|P. garmani]]'' (mid to upper Tocantins River) and ''[[Potamotrygon limai|P. limai]]'' ([[Jamari River]]).<ref name=Fontenelle2017/> These all have three angular cartilages (as opposed to the one or two seen in other species in the genus).<ref name=Fontenelle2017/>

[[Category:Potamotrygon|scobina]]

[[Category:FishFreshwater stingrays of Brazil]]

[[Category:Endemic faunafish of Brazil]]