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Giant Freshwater Stingray

Educational resources on Giant Freshwater Stingray

Giant Freshwater Stingray or Himantura chaophraya is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A1bcde+2ce. IUCN Profile of the Giant Freshwater Stingray

Academic web links for the Giant Freshwater Stingray.


British Angler Catches Rare Giant Stingray
The Giant Freshwater Stingray is listed as a vulnerable species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list. However, a number of recent catches have been
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/InNews/giantstingray2008.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Status of the Giant Freshwater Stingray (whipray) Himantura chaophraya (Monkolprasit and Roberts 1990) Compiled by Leonard J.V. Compagno and Sid F. Cook
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/sharknews/sn5/shark5news7.htm

Glyphis - A shark once feared extinct is rediscovered
Only a single small specimen of the giant freshwater stingray (Himantura chaophyra) was obtained. But, as the river level eventually began to subside last month, the message came
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/innews/glyphis.htm

Giant Stingrays Found Near Thai City
The giant freshwater stingray, also known as the freshwater whip ray, is found in several rivers in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. here are unverified accounts of
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/InNews/thaicity2008.html

Nevada News | University of Nevada, Reno
After China I will be going to Italy for the premiere of the National Geographic television show there, then on to Thailand for research on giant freshwater stingray.�
www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/details.aspx?articleid=4637&zoneid=40

Nevada News | University of Nevada, Reno
...“Even though the giant freshwater stingray is a huge aquatic predator capable of inflicting a deadly wound, it's really our actions that threaten the stingray and other megafish
www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/details.aspx?articleid=5096&zoneid=8

Science Magazine
This giant freshwater stingray measured 2 meters in width and 4 meters from stem to stern; fishers claim to have seen stingrays twice that size. Published by AAAS on June 22, 2007 www
www.cabnr.unr.edu/chandra/Chandra_lab/AEAL_Homepage_files/Last%20of%20the%20Leviathons...

Nevada News | University of Nevada, Reno
...two new episodes, Hogan is studying approximately two dozen fish species, including catfish, carp, trout, sturgeon, paddlefish, alligator gar and the giant freshwater stingray.
www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5216&z=0

News Room » Tale of giant stingray circles the globe; University ...
...“It’s clear that this species of giant freshwater stingray has the potential to be the largest freshwater fish in the world,� Hogan said. The current record holder for world’s
newsroom.blogs.unr.edu/2009/03/12/tale-of-giant-stingray-circles-the-globe-university-of...

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Only a single small specimen of the giant freshwater stingray (Himantura chaophyra) was obtained. But, as the river level eventually began to subside, the message came in from
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/sharknews/sn9/shark9news11.htm







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