Paratrygon
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''Paratrygon'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cartilaginous fish Chondrichthyes (; ) is a class of jawed fish that contains the cartilaginous fish or chondrichthyans, which all have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or ''bony fish'', which have skeleto ...
in the
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Potamotrygonidae River stingrays or freshwater stingrays are Neotropical freshwater fishes of the family (biology), family Potamotrygonidae in the Order (biology), order Myliobatiformes, one of the four orders of Batoidea, batoids, cartilaginous fishes related to ...
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Species

There are currently three recognized species: *'' Paratrygon aiereba'' ( J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) *'' Paratrygon orinocensis'' Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & De Carvalho, 2021 *'' Paratrygon parvaspina'' Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & De Carvalho, 2021


References

Potamotrygonidae Ray genera Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Auguste Duméril {{batoid-stub