White-edge Freshwater Whipray

The White-edge Freshwater Whipray (Himantura signifer) is an exceptionally rare, obligate freshwater stingray native to the large tropical river basins of Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia. Unlike marine stingrays that enter estuaries, this species spends its entire...

Itaituba River Stingray

Formally described in 2016 from the Tapajós River basin in Pará, Brazil, Potamotrygon albimaculata is a magnificent obligate freshwater stingray. Known locally around Itaituba, this potamotrygonid elasmobranch is characterized by a circular pectoral disc adorned with...

Ocellate River Stingray

The Ocellate River Stingray (Potamotrygon motoro), also widely recognized in South America as the South American River Stingray, Peacock Ray, or raya motoro, is an extraordinary, brightly patterned, and venomous freshwater elasmobranch endemic to the vast fluvial...
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