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Cartilaginous fish · Myliobatiformes · Potamotrygonidae
Potamotrygon motoro
There is not enough information to assess its risk of extinction.
The ocellate freshwater stingray is one of the best known freshwater rays of South America, its back covered in orange ocelli ringed with black. The South American river rays descend from marine rays that were trapped in the Amazon basin when the sea withdrew, and today they are entirely freshwater animals.
Weight
5 kg – 15 kg
Size
35 cm – 1 m
Life expectancy
20 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Potamotrygon motoro
Best time: All year round in the rivers and lagoons of the Amazon, the Orinoco and the Paraná, over shallow sandy bottoms.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 27.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Ocellate Freshwater Stingray — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about ocellate freshwater stingray.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
