# Paratrygon

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{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}}
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| image = Paratrygon shedd.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Paratrygon aiereba](/source/Paratrygon_aiereba)''
| taxon = Paratrygon
| authority = [A. H. A. Duméril](/source/Auguste_Henri_Andr%C3%A9_Dum%C3%A9ril), 1865
| type_species = ''[Trygon aiereba](/source/Paratrygon_aiereba)''
| type_species_authority = [J. P. Müller](/source/Johannes_Peter_M%C3%BCller) & [Henle](/source/Friedrich_Gustav_Jakob_Henle), 1841<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Potamotrygonidae|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''''Paratrygon''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [cartilaginous fish](/source/cartilaginous_fish) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Potamotrygonidae](/source/Potamotrygonidae).<ref name=FishBase/><ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Loboda TS, Lasso CA, Rosa RS, Carvalho MR |date=11 June 2021|title=Two new species of freshwater stingrays of the genus ''Paratrygon'' (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from the Orinoco basin, with comments on the taxonomy of ''Paratrygon aiereba'' |journal=Neotropical Ichthyology |volume=19 |issue=2 |article-number=e200083 |doi=10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0083|s2cid=236301627 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Loboda |first=Thiago Silva |date=2026 |title=Four new species of neotropical freshwater stingrays of the genus Paratrygon (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae) from clear water rivers of the Amazon basin |url=https://www.scielo.br/j/ni/a/755cHb87nWwd5BMw8wptchf/?lang=en |journal=Neotropical Ichthyology |language=en |volume=24 |pages=e250087 |doi=10.1590/1982-0224-2025-0087 |issn=1679-6225|doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Species ==
There are currently seven recognized species:<ref name=FishBase/>
*''[Paratrygon aiereba](/source/Paratrygon_aiereba)'' <small>[J. P. Müller](/source/Johannes_Peter_M%C3%BCller) & [Henle](/source/Friedrich_Gustav_Jakob_Henle), 1841</small> (Discus ray)
*''[Paratrygon araguaia](/source/Paratrygon_araguaia)'' <small>Loboda, 2026</small> (Araguaia discus ray)
*''[Paratrygon lucindai](/source/Paratrygon_lucindai)'' <small>Loboda, 2026</small> (Tocantins discus ray)
*''[Paratrygon munduruku](/source/Paratrygon_munduruku)'' <small>Loboda, 2026</small> (Tapajós discus ray)
*''[Paratrygon orinocensis](/source/Paratrygon_orinocensis)'' <small>Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & De Carvalho, 2021</small> (Orinoco discus ray)
*''[Paratrygon parvaspina](/source/Paratrygon_parvaspina)'' <small>Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & De Carvalho, 2021</small> (Small-spine discus ray)
*''[Paratrygon raonii](/source/Paratrygon_raonii)'' <small>Loboda, 2026</small> (Xingu discus ray)

== References ==
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<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus |genus=Paratrygon |month=February |year=2024 }}</ref>
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Category:Potamotrygonidae
Category:Batomorphi genera
Category:Freshwater fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Auguste Duméril

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