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/