Round ray

Round ray

Taxobox | name = Round rays


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image_caption = Yellow stingray, "Urobatis jamaicensis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Urolophidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Trygonoptera" "Urobatis" "Urolophus" "Urotrygon" See text for species.

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.

pecies

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.

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