Heliotrygon
| Heliotrygon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Potamotrygonidae |
| Genus: | Heliotrygon M. R. de Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011 |
The round rays (Heliotrygon) is a genus of freshwater stingrays in the family Potamotrygonidae. The genus is endemic to the Amazon basin in South America. Despite being discovered decades earlier, the genus was only scientifically described in 2011.[1]
Species
- Heliotrygon gomesi M. R. de Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011 (Gomes's round ray)
- Heliotrygon rosai M. R. de Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011 (Rosa’s round ray)
References
- ↑ de Carvalho, M.R. and N.R. Lovejoy (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.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Heliotrygon in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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