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Species in the genus Fontitrygon: [ 5 ] records

colarensis, Dasyatis Santos [H. R. S.], Gomes [U. L.] & Charvet-Almeida [P.] 2004:4, Figs. 1-6 [Zootaxa No. 492; ref. 27848] Marajó Bay, close to Colares Island, district of Colares, Pará State, Brazil, 00°54'39"S, 48°17'21"W, depth about 6 meters. Holotype: MNRJ 25179. Paratypes: MCP 34811 (1), UFRJ 2006 (1). •Valid as Dasyatis colarensis Santos, Gomes & Charvet-Almeida 2004 -- (Weigmann 2016:129 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Fontitrygon colarensis (Santos, Gomes & Charvet-Almeida 2004) -- (Last et al. 2016:361 [ref. 34581], Last et al. 2016:545 [ref. 35010], Carvalho-Filho 2023:319 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Fontitrygon colarensis (Santos, Gomes & Charvet-Almeida 2004). Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Amazon River estuary (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

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.

margarita, Trygon Günther [A.] 1870:479 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] West Africa. Lectotype: BMNH 1865.7.4.1. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1852.8.30.23 (1). Lectotype selected by Compagno & Roberts 1984:287 [ref. 8237]. •Valid as Dasyatis margarita (Günther 1870) -- (Compagno & Roberts 1984:4 [ref. 6167], Compagno & Roberts 1984:287 [ref. 8237], Capapé & Desoutter 1990:60 [ref. 19317], Séret in Lévêque et al. 1990:73 [ref. 21589], Compagno 1999:496 [ref. 25589], Santos & Carvalho 2004:16 [ref. 28040], Carvalho et al. 2007:162 [ref. 30012], Wirtz et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32972], Weigmann 2016:130 [ref. 34211], Séret 2016:1410 [ref. 34545]). •Valid as Fontitrygon margarita (Günther 1870) -- (Last et al. 2016:361 [ref. 34581], Last et al. 2016:548 [ref. 35010], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:168 [ref. 37302], Reiner 2019:46 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:107 [ref. 39448], Petean et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40884]). Current status: Valid as Fontitrygon margarita (Günther 1870). Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Gabon, including Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

margaritella, Dasyatis Compagno [L. J. V.] & Roberts [T. R.] 1984:290, Figs. 2b, 3 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 43 (no. 18); ref. 8237] Mbode, Cameroon Republic. Holotype: CAS-SU 68915. Paratypes: CAS-SU 68916 (2). Additional material: AMNH 41515 (1); BMNH 1852.8.30.23 (1), 1914.11.2.75 (1), 1920.8.12.1 (1), 1937.4.19.4 (1); ISH 141 to 142-1962 (6), 183-1963 (2), 295-1959 (1); USNM 222590-91 (6, 2), 222593 (4). •Valid as Dasyatis margaritella Compagno & Roberts 1974 -- (Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Séret in Lévêque et al. 1990:72 [ref. 21589], Compagno 1999:496 [ref. 25589], Rosenberger 2001:615 [ref. 25447], Santos & Carvalho 2004:16 [ref. 28040], Carvalho et al. 2007:163 [ref. 30012], Weigmann 2016:130 [ref. 34211], Séret 2016:1411 [ref. 34545]). •Valid as Fontitrygon margaritella (Compagno & Roberts 1984) -- (Last et al. 2016:361 [ref. 34581], Last et al. 2016:549 [ref. 35010], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:168 [ref. 37302], Fermon et al. 2022:107 [ref. 39448], Petean et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40884]). Current status: Valid as Fontitrygon margaritella (Compagno & Roberts 1984). Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Angola. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ukpam, Hemitrygon Smith [J. A.] 1863:69 [Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh v. 2 (1859); ref. 18724] Old Calabar River, West Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1874.5.23.1 (1), Royal Scot. Mus. Edinb. (1). •Valid as Dasyatis ukpam (Smith 1863) -- (Compagno & Roberts 1984:5 [ref. 6167], Compagno & Roberts 1984:295 [ref. 8237], Capapé & Desoutter 1990:62 [ref. 19317], Séret in Lévêque et al. 1990:70 [ref. 21589], Taniuchi 1991:97 [ref. 21657], Santos & Carvalho 2004:16 [ref. 28040], Carvalho et al. 2007:159 [ref. 30012], Séret 2016:1415 [ref. 34545]). •Valid as Urogymnus ukpan (Smith 1863) -- (Compagno 1999:497 [ref. 25589], Weigmann 2016:141 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Fontitrygon ukpam (Smith 1863) -- (Last et al. 2016:361 [ref. 34581], Last et al. 2016:550 [ref. 35010], Fermon et al. 2022:108 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Fontitrygon ukpam (Smith 1863). Dasyatidae: Urogymninae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Gabon, Nigeria and Congo. Habitat: freshwater.