Rio Negro 'Hystrix' Stingray Gets a Name | 水產百科網
EndemictoBrazil'sRioNegro,thefreshwaterray,wasnamedPotamotrygonwallaceiinhonorofAlfredRusselWallace,thefamedBritishnaturalist.Wallaceled ...
The ‘Cururu’ or ‘Rio Negro Hystrix’ Ray, which has been known in the trade and hobby for some time, was recently described scientifically in a paper published in the journal Zootaxa this past month. Endemic to Brazil’s Rio Negro, the freshwater ray, was named Potamotrygon wallacei in honor of Alfred Russel Wallace, the famed British naturalist.
Wallace led the first major scientific exploration of the Rio Negro in the late 19th century, and his published account of the journey, A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro (available free on Google Books[1]), contains some of the first descriptions of the unique fish fauna of this blackwater tributary.
The species is distinguished by its unique pattern of cur...
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Rio Negro 'Hystrix' Stingray Gets a Name | 水產百科網
【滿天星黑白魟Potamotrygon henlei】河魟科
水產分類:台灣常見的大陸水產品圖說中文名稱:滿天星黑白魟學名:Potamotrygonhenlei科別名稱:河魟科命名學者:(Castelnau1855)