Round ray
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The round rays are a family, Urolophidae, of rays. They are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. Most species have poisonous caudal stings.
Species
There are 44 species in four genera:- Genus Trygonoptera
- * Western shovelnose stingaree, Trygonoptera mucosa (Whitley, 1939).
- * Striped stingaree, Trygonoptera ovalis Last & Gomon, 1987.
- * Masked stingaree, Trygonoptera personata Last & Gomon, 1987.
- * Common stingaree, Trygonoptera testacea Müller & Henle, 1841.
- Genus Urobatis
- * Spot-on-spot round ray, Urobatis concentricus Osburn & Nichols, 1916.
- * Haller's round ray, Urobatis halleri (Cooper, 1863).
- * Yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816).
- * Spotted round ray, Urobatis maculatus Garman, 1913.
- * Chilean round stingray, Urobatis marmoratus (Philippi, 1893).
- * Tumbes round stingray, Urobatis tumbesensis (Chirichigno F. & McEachran, 1979).
- Genus Urolophus
- * New Ireland stingaree, Urolophus armatus Müller & Henle, 1841.
- * Sepia stingray, Urolophus aurantiacus Müller & Henle, 1841.
- * Sandyback stingaree, Urolophus bucculentus Macleay, 1884.
- * Circular stingaree, Urolophus circularis McKay, 1966.
- * Crossback stingaree, Urolophus cruciatus (Lacépède, 1804).
- * Urolophus deforgesi Séret & Last, 2003.
- * Wide stingaree, Urolophus expansus McCulloch, 1916.
- * Patchwork stingaree, Urolophus flavomosaicus Last & Gomon, 1987.
- * Spotted stingaree, Urolophus gigas Scott, 1954.
- * Java stingaree, Urolophus javanicus (Martens, 1864).
- * Kai stingaree, Urolophus kaianus Günther, 1880.
- * Lobed stingaree, Urolophus lobatus McKay, 1966.
- * Mitotic stingaree, Urolophus mitosis Last & Gomon, 1987.
- * Urolophus neocaledoniensis Séret & Last, 2003.
- * Coastal stingaree, Urolophus orarius Last & Gomon, 1987.
- * Urolophus papilio Séret & Last, 2003.
- * Sparsely-spotted stingaree, Urolophus paucimaculatus Dixon, 1969.
- * Coral sea stingaree, Urolophus piperatus Séret & Last, 2003.
- * Yellowback stingaree, Urolophus sufflavus Whitley, 1929.
- * Greenback stingaree, Urolophus viridis McCulloch, 1916.
- * Brown stingaree, Urolophus westraliensis Last & Gomon, 1987.
- Genus Urotrygon
- * Spiny-tail round ray, Urotrygon aspidura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
- * Urotrygon caudispinosus Hildebrand, 1946.
- * Chilean round ray, Urotrygon chilensis (Günther, 1872).
- * Urotrygon cimar López S. & Bussing, 1998.
- * Smalleyed round stingray, Urotrygon microphthalmum Delsman, 1941.
- * Munda round ray, Urotrygon munda Gill, 1863.
- * Dwarf round ray, Urotrygon nana Miyake & McEachran, 1988.
- * Peruvian stingray, Urotrygon peruanus Hildebrand, 1946.
- * Reticulate round ray, Urotrygon reticulata Miyake & McEachran, 1988.
- * Roger's round ray, Urotrygon rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895).
- * Urotrygon serrula Hildebrand, 1946.
- * Fake round ray, Urotrygon simulatrix Miyake & McEachran, 1988.
- * Venezuela round stingray, Urotrygon venezuelae Schultz, 1949.
References
- ["Urolophidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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