Potamotrygon pantanensis

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
Genus: Potamotrygon
Species: Potamotrygon pantanensis

Name

Potamotrygon pantanensis Loboda & Carvalho, 2013

• Holotype: MZUSP]] 110890.
• Paratypes: 8.

Type locality: baia Sinhá Mariana, tributary of Cuiabá River, district of Barão de Melgaço, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Etymology: The species epithet pantanensis refers to the northern Pantanal region (Paraná-Paraguay basin) where this species has been exclusively found to date.

References

• Loboda, T.S.; de Carvalho, M.R. 2013: Systematic revision of the Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841) species complex in the Paraná-Paraguay basin, with description of two new ocellated species (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae). Neotropical ichthyology 11(4): 693–737. Full article (PDF) Reference page.