IRMNG - Paratrygon Duméril, 1865

IRMNG taxon details

Paratrygon Duméril, 1865

IRMNG_ID

1422919 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1422919)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Potamotrygonidae Garman, 1877

Synonymised names

Anacanthes Ehrenberg in van der Hoeven, 1832 · unaccepted

Disceus Garman, 1877 · unaccepted

Direct children (2)

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Species Paratrygon aiereba (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Species Paratrygon laticeps (Garman, 1913) accepted as Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hist. Nat. Poissons, 1, 583
page(s): 594 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Paratrygon Duméril, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422919 on 2026-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

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Decock, Wim

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original description Hist. Nat. Poissons, 1, 583
page(s): 594 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Anacanthes Ehrenberg in van der Hoeven, 1832) van der Hoeven, J. (1830). Handboek der dierkunde, of grondbeginsels der natuurlijke geschiedenis van het dierenrĳk. Tweeden eeels. Erste stuk. Allart, Amsterdam; 698 pp. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=PSQOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1
page(s): 179 [details]

original description (of Disceus Garman, 1877) Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 19
page(s): 208 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Type species as cited Trygon aiereba Müller & Henle 1841 [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Disceus Garman, 1877)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Disceus Garman, 1877)
To WoRMS