Potamotrygonidae

Plesiotrygon iwamae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
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:
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
  • 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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