Urobatis
| Urobatis | |
|---|---|
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| Urobatis pardalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Urotrygonidae |
| Genus: | Urobatis Garman, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Raia (Leiobatus) sloani Blainville, 1816 | |
Urobatis is a genus of the family Urotrygonidae. These rays live in the tropical and warm temperate coastal waters of the Americas.
Species
[edit]There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
- Urobatis concentricus R. C. Osburn & J. T. Nichols, 1916 (Bullseye round stingray)
- Urobatis halleri J. G. Cooper, 1863 (Round stingray) [1]
- Urobatis jamaicensis G. Cuvier, 1816 (Yellow stingray)
- Urobatis maculatus Garman, 1913 (Spotted round ray) [1]
- Urobatis marmoratus Philippi {Krumweide}, 1893 (Chilean round stingray)
- †Urobatis molleni Hovestadt & Hovestadt-Euler, 2010
- Urobatis pardalis Del-Moral-Flores, Angulo, M. I. Bussing & W. A. Bussing, 2015 (Leopard round stingray) [1][2]
- †Urobatis sloani Blainville, 1816
- Urobatis tumbesensis Chirichigno F. & McEachran, 1979 (Tumbes round stingray)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Moral-Flores, L.F.D.; Angulo, A.; López, M.I.; Bussing, W.A. (2015). "A new species of Urobatis (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) from the tropical Eastern Pacific". Revista de Biología Tropical. 63 (2): 501–514. doi:10.15517/rbt.v63i2.15746. hdl:10669/75287.
- ↑ "Leopard Round Stingray ~ Urobatis pardalis".
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