Styracura

Styracura
Styracura schmardae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Potamotrygonidae
Subfamily: Styracurinae
Genus: Styracura
Carvalho, Loboda & Silva, 2016
Type species
Trygon schmardae
Werner, 1904

Styracura is a genus of stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae and the only genus in the subfamily Styracurinae. The two species in this genus were formerly included in Himantura, but were moved to Styracura in 2016 based on morphology and molecular evidence.[1][2] Unlike other members of the family Potamotrygonidae, also known as freshwater stingrays, Styracura are found in the tropical West Atlantic and East Pacific.[1][2]

Species

There are two species in the genus:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2.
  2. 1 2 3 Carvalho, M.R.d.; Loboda, T.S.; Silva, J.P.C.B.d. (2016). "A new subfamily, Styracurinae, and new genus, Styracura, for Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) and Himantura pacifica (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes)". Zootaxa. 4075 (3): 201–221. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.1.
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