Largespot river stingray
PikiThe largespot river stingray is a freshwater stingray with a flat, round body covered in dense spots. It lives in the rivers of tropical and subtropical South America, mainly the Paraná-Paraguay river basin and parts of the upper Amazon. It is sometimes kept in aquariums, but it needs a very large tank.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
- It is densely spotted on its upper side.1
- The exact colour and pattern vary a lot between individuals, and many intermediate patterns exist.1
- The disc (the flat body) reaches a width of up to 52 cm.1
- Its total length, including the tail, reaches up to 89 cm.1
Pogosto zamenjujejo z: The so-called 'tiger stingray' has often been mistaken for this species. It is a separate species, P. tigrina, which was only scientifically described in 2011.1
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Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
dolga kot 2 domačih mačk od nosu do repa
dolga kot 5 banan, položenih ena za drugo
zmore preplavati dolžino velikega bazena (50 m) v 11 sekundahKakšne velikosti je Largespot river stingray v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
Its natural range was once cut off from the upper Paraná basin by the Guaíra Falls. After the Itaipu Dam was built, the falls disappeared, which let this species and several others spread into that area.1
Its spotted pattern is so variable that one pattern was once described as a separate species, P. castexi, and another as P. menchacai. All of these are now treated as variants of this species.1
It is sometimes kept in aquariums, but it needs a very large tank because of its size.1
Razbijalec mitov
Mit: The 'tiger stingray' is the same animal as the largespot river stingray.
Resnica: The tiger stingray is a separate species, P. tigrina, which was only scientifically described in 2011. It was earlier mistaken for P. menchacai, which is a name for this species.1
Od kod so dejstva
- Potamotrygon falkneri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Potamotrygon falkneri (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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