Potamotrygon orbignyi | |
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At the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
Genus: | Potamotrygon |
Species: | P. orbignyi
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Binomial name | |
Potamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855)
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Potamotrygon orbignyi, the smooth back river stingray, is a species of river stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America.[2]