Hi,
Looking to complie a list of freshwater rays that are found in the hands of private keepers. Even if there's only one specimen of them in private hands, I want them on the list. This is for a research database I want to create, been toying around with the idea for years and finally picking it back up.
So far the list I have is:
Himantura/Fluvitrygon kittipongi
Himantura/Fluvitrygon oxyrhynchus
Himantura/Fluvitrygon signifer
Heliotrygon gomesi
Heliotrygon rosai
Paratrygon aiereba
Plesiotrygon iwamae
Plesiotrygon nana
Potamotrygon albimaculata
Potamotrygon boesemani
Potamotrygon brachyura
Potamotrygon constellata
Potamotrygon falkneri
Potamotrygon henlei
Potamotrygon hystrix
Potamotrygon humerosa
Potamotrygon jabuti
Potamotrygon leopoldi
Potamotrygon magdalenae
Potamotrygon marinae
Potamotrygon motoro
Potamotrygon ocellata
Potamotrygon orbignyi
Potamotrygon schroederi
Potamotrygon scobina
Potamotrygon signata (???)
Potamotrygon tigrina
Potamotrygon wallacei
Potamotrygon yepezi
Only one I'm not that sold on is P. signata. There is a thread showing some rays which people were pretty divided on as far as ID went, so they could've been signata. I'm including them anyways, and will include that note with them.
These are species which I have not found evidence of private keepers owning:
Fontitrygon garouaensis
Fontitrygon ukpam
Hemitrygon laosensis
Makararaja chindwinensis
Urogymnus dalyensis
Urogymnus polylepis
Potamotrygon amandae
Potamotrygon limai
Potamotrygon pantanensis
Potamotrygon rex
Potamotrygon schuhmacheri
Potamotrygon tatianae
Within this post, these are all the taxonomically valid species of freshwater stingrays, according to Rays of the World (2016). Now, a few questions here for anyone interested in helping:
Thank you
Drew
Looking to complie a list of freshwater rays that are found in the hands of private keepers. Even if there's only one specimen of them in private hands, I want them on the list. This is for a research database I want to create, been toying around with the idea for years and finally picking it back up.
So far the list I have is:
Himantura/Fluvitrygon kittipongi
Himantura/Fluvitrygon oxyrhynchus
Himantura/Fluvitrygon signifer
Heliotrygon gomesi
Heliotrygon rosai
Paratrygon aiereba
Plesiotrygon iwamae
Plesiotrygon nana
Potamotrygon albimaculata
Potamotrygon boesemani
Potamotrygon brachyura
Potamotrygon constellata
Potamotrygon falkneri
Potamotrygon henlei
Potamotrygon hystrix
Potamotrygon humerosa
Potamotrygon jabuti
Potamotrygon leopoldi
Potamotrygon magdalenae
Potamotrygon marinae
Potamotrygon motoro
Potamotrygon ocellata
Potamotrygon orbignyi
Potamotrygon schroederi
Potamotrygon scobina
Potamotrygon signata (???)
Potamotrygon tigrina
Potamotrygon wallacei
Potamotrygon yepezi
Only one I'm not that sold on is P. signata. There is a thread showing some rays which people were pretty divided on as far as ID went, so they could've been signata. I'm including them anyways, and will include that note with them.
These are species which I have not found evidence of private keepers owning:
Fontitrygon garouaensis
Fontitrygon ukpam
Hemitrygon laosensis
Makararaja chindwinensis
Urogymnus dalyensis
Urogymnus polylepis
Potamotrygon amandae
Potamotrygon limai
Potamotrygon pantanensis
Potamotrygon rex
Potamotrygon schuhmacheri
Potamotrygon tatianae
Within this post, these are all the taxonomically valid species of freshwater stingrays, according to Rays of the World (2016). Now, a few questions here for anyone interested in helping:
- Are there any species on the first list that shouldn't be on there?
- Are there any species on the second list that should be on the first list?
- Are there any species which are found in captivity, but don't fall into any of the species listed above thus far?
Thank you
Drew