Taxonomy
The Colares stingray was described by Hugo Santos, Ulisses Gomes, and Patricia Charvet-Almeida in 2004, in the scientific journal Zootaxa. The specific epithet refers to Colares Island in Marajó Bay, where the type specimen, a 2.07 m (6.8 ft) long mature male, was caught.
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