WoRMS taxon details
Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841)
882142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:882142)
accepted
Species
Paratrygon laticeps (Garman, 1913) · unaccepted
Potamotrygon alba Castex, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Potamotrygon circularis Garman, 1913 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Potamotrygon labradori Castex, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)
Potamotrygon pauckei Castex, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841 · unaccepted
Trygon garrapa Jardine, 1843 · unaccepted
Trygon mulleri Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882142 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Potamotrygon labradori Castex, 1963) Castex, M. N.; Maciel, I.; Martínez Achenbach, G. (1963). Acerca de la raya fluvial Potamotrygon labradori. <em>Neotrópica (La Plata).</em> 9(30): 117-121. [details]
original description (of Potamotrygon pauckei Castex, 1963) Castex, M. N. (1963). Una nueva especie de raya fluvial: Potamotrygon pauckei. Notas distintivas. <em>Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba.</em> 43(2-4): 289-294. [details]
original description (of Potamotrygon alba Castex, 1963) Castex, M. N. (1963). Breves noticias del genero Potamotrygon en la cuenca del Rio Paraguay y Hallazgo de una nueva especie: el Potamotrygon alba. In: El género Potamotrygon en el Paraná medio. Anales del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino," Sante Fe. <em>Zoología.</em> 2(1): 53-55. [details]
original description (of Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913) Garman, S. (1913). The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates, and rays). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 36: i-xiii + 1-515., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4364116#page/11/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Trygon mulleri Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Potamotrygon pauckei Castex, 1963) Castex, M. N. (1963). Una nueva especie de raya fluvial: Potamotrygon pauckei. Notas distintivas. <em>Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba.</em> 43(2-4): 289-294. [details]
original description (of Potamotrygon alba Castex, 1963) Castex, M. N. (1963). Breves noticias del genero Potamotrygon en la cuenca del Rio Paraguay y Hallazgo de una nueva especie: el Potamotrygon alba. In: El género Potamotrygon en el Paraná medio. Anales del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino," Sante Fe. <em>Zoología.</em> 2(1): 53-55. [details]
original description (of Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913) Garman, S. (1913). The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates, and rays). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 36: i-xiii + 1-515., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4364116#page/11/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Trygon mulleri Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (134 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamotrygon motoro)
To FishBase (from synonym Potamotrygon labradori Castex, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Potamotrygon pauckei Castex, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Potamotrygon alba Castex, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913)
To Fishbase (from synonym Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Trygon garrapa Jardine, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Trygon mulleri Castelnau, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Paratrygon laticeps (Garman, 1913))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (792 nucleotides; 757 proteins)
To GenBank (792 nucleotides; 757 proteins) (from synonym Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamotrygon laticeps USNM 153588 paratype photograph dorsal view) (from synonym Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamotrygon laticeps USNM 153588 paratype photograph ventral view) (from synonym Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamotrygon motoro)
To FishBase (from synonym Potamotrygon labradori Castex, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Potamotrygon pauckei Castex, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Potamotrygon alba Castex, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913)
To Fishbase (from synonym Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Trygon garrapa Jardine, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Trygon mulleri Castelnau, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Paratrygon laticeps (Garman, 1913))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (792 nucleotides; 757 proteins)
To GenBank (792 nucleotides; 757 proteins) (from synonym Taeniura motoro Müller & Henle, 1841)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamotrygon laticeps USNM 153588 paratype photograph dorsal view) (from synonym Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Potamotrygon laticeps USNM 153588 paratype photograph ventral view) (from synonym Potamotrygon laticeps Garman, 1913)
