{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Paratrygon shedd.jpg | image_caption = ''Paratrygon aiereba'' | taxon = Paratrygon | authority = A. H. A. Duméril, 1865 | type_species = ''Trygon aiereba'' | type_species_authority = J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Potamotrygonidae|access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref> }}
'''''Paratrygon''''' is a genus of cartilaginous fish in the family 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'' <small>J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841</small> (Discus ray) *''Paratrygon araguaia'' <small>Loboda, 2026</small> (Araguaia discus ray) *''Paratrygon lucindai'' <small>Loboda, 2026</small> (Tocantins discus ray) *''Paratrygon munduruku'' <small>Loboda, 2026</small> (Tapajós discus ray) *''Paratrygon orinocensis'' <small>Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & De Carvalho, 2021</small> (Orinoco discus ray) *''Paratrygon parvaspina'' <small>Loboda, Lasso, Rosa & De Carvalho, 2021</small> (Small-spine discus ray) *''Paratrygon raonii'' <small>Loboda, 2026</small> (Xingu discus ray)
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <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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