Xingu River ray Xingu River ray The Xingu River ray, white-blotched river stingray, or polka-dot stingray ("Potamotrygon leopoldi") is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is endemic to the Xingu River basin in Brazil and prefers rocky bottoms. It is sometimes kept in aquaria. "P. leopoldi" reaches up to in disc width, in total length and in weight. Females grow larger than males. It is closely related to the similar "P. henlei" from the Tocantins River basin and "P. albimaculata" from the Tapajós River basin. Compared to "P. henlei", "P. leopoldi" is deeper black above and its underparts are
Red River of the South Red River of the South The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South, is a major river in the southern United States of America. It was named for the red-bed country of its watershed. It is one of several rivers with that name. Although it was once a tributary of the Mississippi River, the Red River is now a tributary of the Atchafalaya River, a distributary of the Mississippi that flows separately into the Gulf of Mexico. It is connected to the Mississippi River by the Old River Control Structure. The south bank of the Red River