Morphology Summary - Paratrygon munduruku
Morphology Data of Paratrygon munduruku
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Loboda, T.S., 2026
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral  (shape guide) other (see remarks)
Cross section flattened
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal coloration of the disc is brown with numerous small, dark brown spots in axon or vermiculated formats spread throughout the disc, not very conspicous and lacking withish withish spots; small and quadrangular spiracle with a mean spiracle length of 4.6% DW (3.6-5.8% DW), with a reduced, rounded spiracular process that covers only a small part of the posterior portion of the spiracular aperture; dermal denticles on the central disc with a crown that possesses a central coronal plate and lateral coronal ridges in a leaf shape, with the lateral coronal ridges smaller and ranging from two; and the propterygium is arched and stout, with the posterior portion thicker than the anterior (Ref. 138774).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Paratrygon munduruku

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
Pored lateral line scales
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle
Barbels
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total
Adipose fin

Caudal fin  (shape guide)

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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