Potamotrygon motoro

Potamotrygon motoro

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 motoro

Name

Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)

• Syntypes: NMW ?77987 (1), ?78613 (1), ?78655 (1); ZMB 4662 (1).

Type locality: Cuiabá River, Brazil

Synonyms

• Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Ellipesurus motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841) -- Miranda Ribeiro, 1907
  • Paratrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841) -- Fowler, 1951
• ?Trygon garrapa Jardine in Schomburgk, 1843
• Trygon adans Schomburgk in Müller & Trochel, 1849
• ?Potamotrygon alba Castex, 1963 [nomen dubium]
• Potamotrygon labradori Castex et al., 1963
• Potamotrygon labratoris Castex, 1963
• Potamotrygon pauckei Castex, 1963

Vernacular names

English: Ocellate river stingray
magyar: Folyami tüskésrája
日本語: オレンジスポットタンスイエイ
português: Arraia-de-rio
ไทย: ปลากระเบนโมโตโร่

References

• Loboda, T.S. & Carvalho, M.R. de 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. PDF. Reference page. 
• Template:Müller,Henle;1838-1841

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