22 October 2011

Odd Stingless Stingrays Discovered in Amazon

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Looking more like pancakes than fish, two new species of freshwater stingrays have been discovered in the Amazon, a new study says.

"Pancake" Stingray


Photograph courtesy Zootaxa and Nathan Lovejoy, UTSC.

Jaws


Photograph courtesy Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho.

Stingless Stingray


Photograph courtesy Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho.

X-rayed Ray


Image courtesy Ken Jones, UTSC.

Primitive Eyes


Photograph by Oliver Lucanus.

Latest But Not Last


Photograph courtesy Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho and Zootaxa.

source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/pictures/110309-stingrays-new-species-amazon-science-animals-water/

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