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Potamotrygon  Garman, 1877
Taxonomic Serial No.: 161005

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassChondrichthyes   
                      ClassChondrichthyes  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarăo, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins  
                         SubclassElasmobranchii  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                            SuperorderEuselachii   
                               OrderMyliobatiformes  – stingrays  
                                  FamilyPotamotrygonidae Garman, 1877 – river stingrays  
                                     GenusPotamotrygon Garman, 1877  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon amandae Loboda and Carvalho, 2013  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon boesemani Rosa, Carvalho and Almeida Wanderley, 2008  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon brachyura (Günther, 1880)  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon constellata (Vaillant, 1880)  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon falkneri Castex and Maciel, 1963  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon henlei (Castelnau, 1855)  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon humerosa Garman, 1913  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon hystrix (Müller and Henle, 1841)  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon leopoldi Castex and Castello, 1970  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon limai Fontenelle, da Silva and Carvalho, 2014  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon magdalenae (Duméril, 1865)  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon marinae Deynat, 2006  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon motoro (Müller and Henle, 1841)  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon ocellata (Engelhardt, 1912)  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855)  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon pantanensis Loboda and Carvalho, 2013  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon schroederi Fernández-Yépez, 1958  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon schuhmacheri Castex, 1964  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon scobina Garman, 1913  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon signata Garman, 1913  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon tatianae Silva & Carvalho, 2011  
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon tigrina Carvalho, Sabaj Pérez and Lovejoy, 2011 – Tiger ray 
                                        SpeciesPotamotrygon yepezi Castex and Castello, 1970  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 04-Jun-2014, website (version Jun-2014)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp   
  Reference for: Potamotrygon   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
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  Reference for: Potamotrygon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Potamotrygon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Potamotrygon   
       

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