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Potamotrygonidae
Garman, 1877
- neotropical stingrays
(fish)
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Entity:
Myliobatiformes (Order) - stingrays
..Aetobatidae (Family) - pelagic eagle rays
..†Asterotrygon (Genus)
..Dasyatidae (Family) - whiptail stingrays
..Gymnuridae (Family) - butterfly rays
..Hexatrygonidae (Family) - sixgill stingrays
..Mobulidae (Family) - mantas
..[Mobuloidea] (Superfamily)
..Myliobatidae (Family) - eagle rays
..[Myliobatoidea] (Superfamily)
..[Myliobatoidei] (Suborder)
..[Platyrhinoidei] (Suborder)
..Plesiobatidae (Family) - deepwater stingrays
..[Plesiobatididae] (Family)
..Rhinopteridae (Family) - cownose rays
..†Rhombodontidae (Family)
..Urolophidae (Family) - round stingrays
..Urotrygonidae (Family) - American round stingrays
..Zanobatidae (Family) - panrays
..[Zanobatoidei] (Suborder)
..Potamotrygonidae (Family) - neotropical stingrays
....[Disceus] (Genus)
....Potamotrygoninae (Subfamily) - river stingrays
....Styracurinae (Subfamily) - whiptail stingrays
Types
Type
:
Potamotrygon
(Genus)
Garman, 1877
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; [<12 May 2025].
[inferred]
Variants
Incorrect spelling
:
Pomatotrygonidae
(Family)
nom. null.
Synonyms
Including
:
Elipesuridae
(Family)
Ref:
D.S. Jordan, 1923
: 104.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
neotropical stingrays
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
:
river stingrays
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 91.
:
river stingrays
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2452.
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025