Paratrygon

Paratrygon is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family Potamotrygonidae.^[2][3]

Paratrygon
Paratrygon aiereba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Potamotrygonidae
Subfamily:	Potamotrygoninae
Genus:	Paratrygon A. H. A. Duméril, 1865
Type species
Trygon aiereba J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species:^[2]

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

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Potamotrygonidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paratrygon". FishBase. February 2024 version.
3. Loboda TS, Lasso CA, Rosa RS, Carvalho MR (11 June 2021). "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): e200083. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0083. S2CID 236301627.