Potamotrygon tigrina De, Sabaj & Lovejoy, 2011, n. sp.

Potamotrygon tigrina, n. sp. Figures 1–6; Tables 1–2 Holotype. MUSM 39978 [ex. ANSP 182452], juvenile male, 495 mm TL, Río Nanay (Amazonas drainage), large beach (left bank) at village of Pampa Chica, 4.54 km west of Iquitos, Departamento Loreto, Peru, 03° 45 ’09” S, 073° 17 ’00” W, collected with a bag seine by M. Sabaj, C. Pérez, A. Bullard, O. Castillo & C. DoNascimiento, 8 March 2005. Specimen dissected dorsally and ventrally by A. Bullard to remove parasites (intestine, olfactory bulbs and gills fixed); caudal stings missing when captured (Figures 1 –3, 5, 6). Paratype. ANSP 191998, p... Mehr ...