Animal Diversity Web

Potamotrygon leopoldi

White-blotched river stingray

(Also: Xingu River Ray)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Rajiformes
        
        Family Potamotrygonidae (River stingrays)
        
        Genus Potamotrygon
        
        Species Potamotrygon leopoldi (White-blotched river stingray)