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ocellate river stingray, peacock-eye stingray (Potamotrygon motoro)
Subject: ocellate river stingray, peacock-eye stingray (Potamotrygon motoro)
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Pfauenaugen-Stechrochen - Ocellate river stingray - Potamotrygon motoro - ocellate river stingray, peacock-eye stingray (Potamotrygon motoro).jpg
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ocellate river stingray, peacock-eye stingray (Potamotrygon motoro)


English: Ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro) at Zoo Duisburg, Germany
Deutsch: Pfauenaugen-Stechrochen (Potamotrygon motoro) Duisburger Zoo
Date 27 May 2005
Author Raimond Spekking https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Raymond
Attribution © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfauenaugen-Stechrochen_-_Ocellate_river_stingray_-_Potamotrygon_motoro.jpg

The ocellate river stingray or peacock-eye stingray (Potamotrygon motoro), also known as South American freshwater stingray, is a species of freshwater stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It was the first species to be described in the family and is also the most widespread, ranging throughout much of the Río de la Plata, Amazon, Mearim and Orinoco basins in tropical and subtropical South America. It is sometimes kept in aquaria.
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Potamotrygonidae
Genus: Potamotrygon
Species: Potamotrygon motoro (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)
Synonyms:
Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841
Ellipesurus motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Paratrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Trygon garrapa Jardine in Schomburgk, 1843
Trygon adans Schomburgk in Müller & Trochel, 1849
Potamotrygon alba Castex, 1963
Potamotrygon labradori Castex et al., 1963
Potamotrygon labratoris Castex, 1963
Potamotrygon pauckei Castex, 1963

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Scientific Name: Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Common Names: Ocellate River Stingray, Peacock-eye Stingray, South American freshwater stingray
Synonyms:
Paratrygon laticeps (Garman, 1913)
Potamotrygon pauckei Castex, 1963
Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913
Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841

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