Potamotrygon schuhmacheri
| Potamotrygon schuhmacheri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
| Genus: | Potamotrygon |
| Species: | P. schuhmacheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamotrygon schuhmacheri Castex, 1964
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Potamotrygon schuhmacheri, the Parana river stingray, is a species of
habitat loss
.
The fish is named in honor of a student in Castex’ former high-school and a collaborator, Roberto Schümacher (1947–1964), who died in an accident.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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