Heliotrygon gomesi Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011

Lima, Arthur De, Loboda, Thiago Silva, Gianeti, Michel Donato, Silva, João Paulo Capretz Batista Da & Pinna, Mario De, 2023, Type specimens of Elasmobranchii in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), Zootaxa 5296 (3), pp. 301-332 : 327

Heliotrygon gomesi Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011

Holotype: MZUSP 104998 ; adult female, 571 mm DW (approximately the same DW as cited in Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011); ( Fig. 23 ); Rio Javari , 04°18’15”S, 70°04’19”W, Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, Brazil; depth not listed; M. C. Junior & M. V. Domingues; 05 Sep 2006.

Notes: Type-locality erroneously stated at the original description as “Rio Jamari”, a tributary of the rio Madeira in Rondônia state, Brazil, corrected here to ‘Rio Javari’.

Paratype: MZUSP 108203 : PU 09-33; one preadult female, 269 mm DW (same DW as cited in Carvalho & Lovejoy, 2011); locality: Rio Nanay , Amazon basin, Departamento Loreto, Iquitos, Peru; depth not listed; F. Marques; 19 Oct 2009 .

Notes: Ventral skin partially removed for analysis of lateral line canals.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Holotype of Heliotrygon gomesi (MZUSP 104988, female, 571 mm DW) in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views.