In 2011, researchers discovered two new species of freshwater stingrays in the Amazon River.
The Heliotrygon (rosai and gomesi), commonly referred to as the Pancake stingrays, is the first new genus of stingrays from the Amazon described since 1987.
It is located in the south of Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia.
The Wadi is situated 250 kilometers south of Jordan's capital, Amman, and 70 kilometers north of the coastal city of Aqaba, near the Jordanian-Saudi border.