A new species of neotropical freshwater stingray of the genus Potamotrygon garman, 1877 from the río madre de Díos, peru (chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)

Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 139-154

  da Silva, João Paulo C B ^a   de Carvalho, Marcelo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Morphology; Potamotrygon falkneri; Potamotrygon tatianae sp. nov.; R o Madeira; South America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; HEXAPODA; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; POTAMOTRYGON ORBIGNYI; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE;

EID: 79957805833     PISSN: 00311049     EISSN: 18070205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492011000800001     Document Type: Article

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