Potamotrygon schuhmacheri

Potamotrygon schuhmacheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Potamotrygonidae
Genus: Potamotrygon
Species:
P. schuhmacheri
Binomial name
Potamotrygon schuhmacheri
Castex, 1964

Potamotrygon schuhmacheri, the Parana river stingray, is a species of fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found in the Paraná and Paraguay River basins in Argentina, Paraguay, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The fish is named in honor of a student in Castex’ former high-school and a collaborator, Roberto Schümacher (1947–1964), who died in an accident.[2]


References

  1. ^ Charvet-Almeida, P. & de Almeida, M.P. (2004). "Potamotrygon schuemacheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44593A10911457. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44593A10911457.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2021.


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