Giant freshwater whipray

Urogymnus polylepis

Ray beneath the Mekong Basin

Giant freshwater whipray is a freshwater fish from Asia and Oceania. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 240 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Stingrays
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Urogymnus
Maximum length: 240 cm
Body shape: other
Distribution: Asia and Oceania: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins; also from eastern Borneo, New Guinea and northern Australia.

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