Species that contain: Potamotrygon and motoro [ 10 ] records

adans, Trygon Schomburgk [R. H.] in Müller & Trochel 1849 [Reisen in Britisch-Guiana; ref. 3072] Takutu and Rio Branco, South America. Unneeded replacement for Trygon garrapa Jardine in Schomburgk 1843:182, Pl. 21 [ref. 3948]. Not treated by Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003 [ref. 27061]. •Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Castex 1964:20 [ref. 20924], Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:8 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Habitat: freshwater.

alba, Potamotrygon Castex [M. N.] 1963:55 [Anales del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino," Sante Fe, Zoología v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 20925] Ascunción, Paraguay River, Paraguay. Syntypes: (3) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Castex 1964:20 [ref. 20924], Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:6 [ref. 27366], Carvalho & Ragno 2011:135 [ref. 31309], Loboda & Carvalho 2013:713 [ref. 33024] as nomen dubium related to motoro, Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:8 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Habitat: freshwater.

circularis, Potamotrygon Garman [S.] 1913:419, Pls. 31 (1-2), 54 (1), 70 (1-2) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 36; ref. 1545] Río Solimões, Tefé and Lago Coari [on Río Solimões], Brazil. Syntypes: MCZ 291-S (1) Tefé, 295-S (1) Coari. Non-type: MCZ 296-S (1). Type catalog: Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xliii-xliv [ref. 23119]. Castex 1964:28 [ref. 20924] said there was a holotype and a paratype at MCZ. •Valid as Potamotrygon circularis Garman 1913 -- (Castex 1964:27 [ref. 20924]). •Synonym of Potyamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (in part, authors, Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Potamotrygon constellata (Vaillant 1880) -- (in part, authors, Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27061], Weigmann 2016:154 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Carvalho 2016:55 [ref. 34730]). Current status: Synonym of Potamotrygon constellata (Vaillant 1880). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Distribution: South America. Habitat: freshwater.

garrapa, Trygon Jardine [W.] in Schomburgk 1843:182, Pl. 21 [The natural history of fishes of Guiana.--Part II; ref. 3948] Rio Branco, South America. Holotype: ZMB 4624. Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:181 [ref. 21041]. See Carvalho 2001:1168 [ref. 26256]. •Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Castex 1964:20 [ref. 20924], Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622] with question, Mirande & Koerber 2015:8 [ref. 35117] with question, Weigmann 2016:156 [ref. 34211], Koerber et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35267] with question). •Status uncertain -- (Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:26 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Habitat: freshwater.

henlei, Trygon (Taenura) Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:102, Pl. 48 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Tocantins, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2353 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:89 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:21 [ref. 9312]. Name listed as Taenura henlei on figure caption. •Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Castex 1964:20 [ref. 20924]). •Valid as Potamotrygon henlei (Castelnau 1855) -- (Compagno 1999:495 [ref. 25589], Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27061], Rosa et al. 2008:8 [ref. 29564], Carvalho et al. 2011:26 [ref. 31264], Fontenelle et al. 2014:341 [ref. 33180], Weigmann 2016:155 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:560 [ref. 34666], Carvalho 2016:6 [ref. 34730], Carvalho 2016:633 [ref. 34997]). Current status: Valid as Potamotrygon henlei (Castelnau 1855). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Distribution: Tocantins River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

labradori, Potamotrygon Castex [M. N.] in Castex, Maciel & Martínez Achenbach 1963:117, Fig. 1 [Neotrópica (La Plata) v. 9 (no. 30); ref. 26348] Rio Colastiné (middle Rio Paraná), Santa Fe, Argentina. Holotype (unique): MFA 231. Information on type locality and type specimen taken from Castex 1964:31 [ref. 20924]. Appeared as a nomen nudum as labratori in an earlier 1963 Castex paper (see Carvalho, Lovejoy & Rosa in Reis et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Potamotrygon labradori Castex 1963 -- (Castex 1964:31 [ref. 20924] with other authors). •Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27061], Loboda & Carvalho 2013:699, 712 [ref. 33024], Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:8 [ref. 35117], Weigmann 2016:156 [ref. 34211], Koerber et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Habitat: freshwater.

laticeps, Potamotrygon Garman [S.] 1913:417, Pls. 31 (figs. 3-4), 55 (fig. 6) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 36; ref. 1545] Obidos, Brazil. Holotype: MCZ 605-S. Non-types: MCZ 290-S (1), USNM 153588 [ex MCZ 301-S] (1). Type catalog: Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xliv [ref. 23119]. We follow Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27061] in treating a holotype. •Valid as Potamotrygon laticeps Garman 1913 -- (Castex 1964:28 [ref. 20924], Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xix [ref. 23119]). •Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:8 [ref. 35117], Weigmann 2016:156 [ref. 34211], Koerber et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Habitat: freshwater.

motoro, Taeniura Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] (ex Natterer) 1841:197 [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Lectotype locality: Guaporé River, district of Vila Bela Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Lectotype: NMW 78655. Paralectotypes: NMW 77987 (1), 78613 (1); ZMB 4662 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:181 [ref. 21041]. Evidently Müller & Henle alone were responsible for the description, so authorship is regarded as Müller & Henle (ex Natterer). Lectotype selected by Loboda & Carvalho 2013:699 [ref. 33024]. •Valid as Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Castex 1964:20 [ref. 20924], Ortega & Vari 1986:6 [ref. 9708], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Gómez & Chebez 1996:46 [ref. 23791], Sverlij et al. 1998:6 [ref. 27632], Britski et al. 1999:21 [ref. 24147], Compagno 1999:495 [ref. 25589], Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:6 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:70 [ref. 28131], Almeida et al. 2008:85 [ref. 40894], Rosa et al. 2008:8 [ref. 29564], Carvalho & Lovejoy 2011:46 [ref. 31182], Carvalho et al. 2011:26 [ref. 31264], Silva & Carvalho 2011:151 [ref. 31310], Ng et al. 2011:2385 [ref. 31474], Oddone et al. 2012:300 [ref. 31835], Naylor et al. 2012:79 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Kottelat 2013:29 [ref. 32989], Loboda & Carvalho 2013:695 [ref. 33024], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745], Fontenelle et al. 2014:341 [ref. 33180], Koerber 2014:1 [ref. 33621], Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622], Sarmiento et al. 2014:117, 188 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:8 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:411 [ref. 34561], Carvalho et al. 2016:581 [ref. 34422], Carvalho 2016:562 [ref. 34666], Carvalho 2016:59 [ref. 34730], Carvalho 2016:641 [ref. 34997], Nión et al. 2016:23 [ref. 35565] with author as Natterer, Weigmann 2016:156 [ref. 34211] see remarks, DoNascimiento et al. 2017:33 [ref. 35633], Koerber et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35267], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:71 [ref. 35773], Ehemann et al. 2019:[7] [ref. 36861], Silvano et al. 2020:407 [ref. 38134], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:14 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39235], Carvalho-Filho 2023:321 [ref. 40480], Loureiro et al. 2023:24 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Distribution: Widespread in South America; established in one reservoir in Singapore. Habitat: freshwater.

mulleri, Trygon (Taenura) Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:102, Pl. 48 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Crixas and Rio Araguay, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2354 (1, poor condition) Rio Araguay, Brazil. Type catalog: Bertin 1939:89 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:21 [ref. 9312]. Name listed as Taenura mulleri on figure caption. Castex 1964:21 [ref. 20924] referred to MNHN 2354 as holotype (poor condition) but it may be a syntype. •Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Castex 1964:20 [ref. 20924], Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:8 [ref. 35117], Weigmann 2016:156 [ref. 34211], Carvalho 2016:561 [ref. 34666], Koerber et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Habitat: freshwater.

pauckei, Potamotrygon Castex [M. N.] 1963:291, Figs. [Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba v. 43 (no. 2-4); ref. 1482] Río Paraná, near city of Santa Fe, Argentina. Lectotype: MFA 232. Paralectotypes: (5) MFA 245. No holotype established in original description; two "paratypes" were described in Castex & Yagolkowski 1970 [ref. 9550]. Appeared as a nomen nudum as labratori in an earlier 1963 Castex paper (see Carvalho, Lovejoy & Rosa in Reis et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Potamotrygon pauckei Castex 1963 -- (López et al. 2003:6 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:70 [ref. 28131], Loboda & Carvalho 2013:699 [ref. 33024], Koerber 2014:1 [ref. 33621]). •Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841) -- (Carvalho et al. in Reis et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:8 [ref. 35117], Weigmann 2016:156 [ref. 34211], Koerber et al. 2017:10 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle 1841). Potamotrygonidae: Potamotrygoninae. Habitat: freshwater.