Potamotrygon Jabuti
📖 Overview
Potamotrygon Jabuti (Potamotrygon jabuti) is a ray-finned fish of the family Potamotrygonidae. It inhabits freshwater waters. With a trophic level of 3.2, it is a low-level carnivore, feeding on invertebrates and small organisms. It is assessed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Potamotrygon jabuti is distinguished by the following characters: marbled color pattern that undergoes remarkable change with growth as adults have elaborate designs of beige, golden to yellowish-orange spots or ocelli surrounded by a slender beige to golden mesh-like pattern, but neonates have simple, well-separated ocelli; a single to double row of tail thorns varying in their development; monognathic heterodonty with teeth of intermediate lateral rows of upper jaws larger and hexagonal; and two robust, more or less equally developed angular cartilages .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Potamotrygon Jabuti is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Potamotrygon Jabuti is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Potamotrygon Jabuti is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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