Potamotrygonidae

Plesiotrygon iwamae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Myliobatiformes Subordo: Myliobatoidei Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea

Familia: Potamotrygonidae
Genera (4): Heliotrygon – Paratrygon – Plesiotrygon – Potamotrygon

Name

Potamotrygonidae Garman, 1877

References

• De Carvalho, M.R.; Lovejoy, N.R. 2011: Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a remarkable new genus and two new species of Neotropical freshwater stingrays from the Amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Zootaxa, 2776: 13–48. Preview

Links

• Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Ποταμοτρυγόνες
English: River stingrays
magyar: Folyamirája-félék
ไทย: ปลากระเบนหางสั้น, ปลากระเบนน้ำจืดอเมซอน

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