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Giant freshwater stingray

species of Elasmobranchii
Taxon taxon Q28133219
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Summary

Giant freshwater stingray is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,214 views/month, #1,450 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Himantura[4]
  • Taxon name: Himantura polylepis[5]
  • Commons category: Himantura polylepis[6]
  • Original combination: Trygon polylepis[7]
  • Short name: H. polylepis[8]
  • Taxon synonym of: Urogymnus polylepis[9]

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Identifiers

Giant freshwater stingray's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5215945[10].

Why It Matters

Giant freshwater stingray has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14h ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'id', 'ja', 'r
    Taxon synonym of → Urogymnus polylepis
    Instance of → —
    Original combination → Trygon polylepis
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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