garouaensis, Potamotrygon Stauch [A.] & Blanc [M.] 1962:166, Figs. 1-3 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 34 (no. 2); ref. 6517] Bénoué River à Malape, Garoua, northern Cameroon. Holotype: MNHN 1962-0303. Additional material: (7) MNHN 1962-0304 and 0305 (2). Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:18-19 [ref. 9312]. •Valid as Dasyatis garouaensis (Stauch & Blanc 1962) -- (Compagno & Roberts 1984:4 [ref. 6167], Compagno & Roberts 1984:292 [ref. 8237], Séret in Lévêque et al. 1990:71 [ref. 21589], Taniuchi 1991:96 [ref. 21657], Poll & Gosse 1995:24 [ref. 24781], Compagno 1999:495 [ref. 25589], Santos & Carvalho 2004:16 [ref. 28040], Carvalho et al. 2007:157 [ref. 30012], Weigmann 2016:129 [ref. 34211], Séret 2016:1419 [ref. 34545]). •Valid as Fontitrygon garouaensis (Stauch & Blanc 1962) -- (Last et al. 2016:361 [ref. 34581], Last et al. 2016:546 [ref. 35010], Petean et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40884]). Current status: Valid as Fontitrygon garouaensis (Stauch & Blanc 1962). Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: West Africa: Nigeria and Cameroon. Habitat: freshwater.
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