Biology:Paratrygon

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Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Paratrygon
Paratrygon shedd.jpg
Paratrygon aiereba
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Potamotrygonidae
Genus: Paratrygon
A. H. A. Duméril, 1865
Type species
Trygon aiereba
(Müller & Henle, 1841)

Paratrygon is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Potamotrygonidae.[1]

Species

There are currently 3 species:

  • Paratrygon aiereba (Müller & Henle, 1841)
  • Paratrygon orinocensis Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & De Carvalho, 2021
  • Paratrygon parvaspina Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & De Carvalho, 2021

References

  1. "Two new species of freshwater stingrays of the genus Paratrygon (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from the Orinoco basin, with comments on the taxonomy of Paratrygon aiereba". Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2). 11 June 2021. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0083. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3363713 entry