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Potamotrygon jabuti Carvalho, 2016 |
| Family: | Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays), subfamily: Potamotrygoninae | |||
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| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Potamotrygon jabuti is distinguished by the following characters: marbled color pattern that undergoes remarkable change with growth as adults have elaborate designs of beige, golden to yellowish-orange spots or ocelli surrounded by a slender beige to golden mesh-like pattern, but neonates have simple, well-separated ocelli; a single to double row of tail thorns varying in their development; monognathic heterodonty with teeth of intermediate lateral rows of upper jaws larger and hexagonal; and two robust, more or less equally developed angular cartilages (Ref. 115937). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||