Is this a motoro?

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Bought this ray a few weeks ago from a lfs. Is it a motoro? About 7.5" diameter. Thin, but is eating. I think it came from Peru. Notice the dorsal spines extend almost half way up his back.

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Nice looking ray. What sex is it?
 
they look like "peruvian flower" rays....
 
Yeah looks like a peruviean flower ray. Nice one none the less.
 
I dont want to hijack a thread but when I got my ray a couple months ago everyone said Peruvian Motoro variant. What species is a "Peru Flower"?
 
there is a great amount of confusion going on with these rays at the moment.

i have a pair and they were shipped in as "peruvian hystrix", ive also seen them listed as peruvian flowers as well.

ive just been calling mine Potamotrygon sp, "peru".

i have a feeling they are closely related to motoro but it seems like they are there own species and need a PROPER name so every one can id them once and for all.
 
sorry not species.

but the peruvian flower name was just made up by some suppier as they dont have a proper name for this varient.
 
i think its time some one decided what name to give them and stuck to it so we had a name to call them.
 
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