Garrapa black ray

[dodgers86]

Hey guys I was looking at my aqualog book and they have pics of a ray called garrapa and to me it kinda looked like a henlei except the spots were more yellow well i was wondering if anyone knew the difference in these rays and if anyone owns one, pics and info will be much appreciated thanks.

 

[rayman]

Hi, in my opinion the "P. garappa" pictures in the Aqualog show P. castexi, P. henlei (maybe a henlei/motoro hybrid) and P. signata.

A short summary what Rosa wrote 1985:

P. garappa was descriped from Rio Branco, Brazil.
There is only the original illustration and some description, but they are poor in some diagnostic characters. There is no type specimen. I prefer to treat it for the moment as a douptful species.

Original description:
http://research.amnh.org/ichthyology/neolit/Schom1860/2p182.html

Original picture:
http://research.amnh.org/ichthyology/neolit/Schom1860/2plt21.html