28 Species in Family Potamotrygonidae
Nominal species list for Potamotrygonidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Heliotrygon gomesi Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011 Gomes’s round ray
Heliotrygon rosai Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011 Rosa’s round ray
Paratrygon aiereba (Müller & Henle, 1841) Discus ray
Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson, 1987 Long-tailed river stingray
Plesiotrygon nana Carvalho & Ragno, 2011
Potamotrygon amandae Loboda & Carvalho, 2013
Potamotrygon boesemani Rosa, Carvalho & Almeida Wanderley, 2008
Potamotrygon brachyura (Günther, 1880) Short-tailed river stingray
Potamotrygon constellata (Vaillant, 1880) Thorny river stingray
Potamotrygon falkneri Castex & Maciel, 1963 Largespot river stingray
Potamotrygon henlei (Castelnau, 1855) Bigtooth river stingray
Potamotrygon humerosa Garman, 1913
Potamotrygon hystrix (Müller & Henle, 1841) Porcupine river stingray
Potamotrygon leopoldi Castex & Castello, 1970 White-blotched river stingray
Potamotrygon limai Fontenelle, Da Silva & Carvalho, 2014
Potamotrygon magdalenae (Duméril, 1865) Magdalena river stingray
Potamotrygon marinae Deynat, 2006
Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841) South American freshwater stingray
Potamotrygon ocellata (Engelhardt, 1912) Red-blotched river stingray
Potamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855) Smooth back river stingray
Potamotrygon pantanensis Loboda & Carvalho, 2013
Potamotrygon schroederi Fernández-Yépez, 1958 Rosette river stingray
Potamotrygon schuhmacheri Castex, 1964
Potamotrygon scobina Garman, 1913 Raspy river stingray
Potamotrygon signata Garman, 1913 Parnaiba river stingray
Potamotrygon tatianae Silva & Carvalho, 2011
Potamotrygon tigrina Carvalho, Sabaj Pérez & Lovejoy, 2011
Potamotrygon yepezi Castex & Castello, 1970 Maracaibo river stingray
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