cururu stingray

[reefman]

has anyone heard of a cururu sting ray i seen them listed on my lfs wholesellers list info and pics are appreseated oh i guess the back near the tail and the tail have tiger stripes

 

[rallysman]

I just saw that ray listed on a list too, but i cant find any info on it.

 

[fishyboi]

Sounds funny

 

[rallysman]

The only info i know is brazilian cururu ray, thats what it said....thats all i can find lol

 

[reefman]

i'm gonna see if i can go to the wholesellers tommarow i'll try to get a pic of it

 

[Vitaliy]

On the other hand, the small "cururu" freshwater stingray (Potamotrygon sp. C) seemed to reach sexual maturity much earlier at an estimated age of only 2 years.

- from http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Potamotrygon+sp&btnG=Search

Potamotrygon sp

Araújo (1998) carried out a detailed study on the reproduction of Potamotrygon sp. C (an undescribed species called "cururu") in the Negro River and included histological aspects.

Potamotrygon sp

 

[Vitaliy]

Also

Potamotrygon sp. "cururu" IBAMA Mid-Upper RN Raya Cururu

http://www.elacuarista.com/ciencias/brasilcap.htm

 

[rayman]

cururu is the native name for the ray we know as P. histrix.

The problem is, that the P. histrix we keep in the tanks are not the "real" P. histrix.
The "real" P. histrix is from Argentina and very rare in the trade. The common histrix in the trade comes from Brazil, Rio Negro. Scientists found out that the P. histrix from Rio Negro is a different species, so they name these rays as P. sp. C or P. cf. histrix or with the native name cururu.
Two years ago I was told that these rays had a new scientific name, P. thorsoni, but in scientific work this name was never mentioned so I wonder what happened.

 

[rallysman]

awesome! thanks for the help!

 

[freshwaterstingrays]

cururu is the native name for the ray we know as P. histrix.

The problem is, that the P. histrix we keep in the tanks are not the "real" P. histrix.
The "real" P. histrix is from Argentina and very rare in the trade. The common histrix in the trade comes from Brazil, Rio Negro. Scientists found out that the P. histrix from Rio Negro is a different species, so they name these rays as P. sp. C or P. cf. histrix or with the native name cururu.
Two years ago I was told that these rays had a new scientific name, P. thorsoni, but in scientific work this name was never mentioned so I wonder what happened.

thanks for the good info.