Spotted round ray
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| Spotted round ray in the Gulf of California | |
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| Species: | U. maculatus
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| Urobatis maculatus (Garman, 1913)
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Urolophus maculatus Garman, 1913 | |
Urobatis maculatus also known as the Spotted round ray or Cortez round stingray is a species of round ray endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal marshes, and coastal saline lagoons. This species reaches a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL.[2] This species is placed in the genus Urobatis.[3]
References
- ^ Bizzarro, J.J. (2006): Urobatis maculatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Urolophus maculatus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ "A new species of Urobatis (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) from the tropical Eastern Pacific". Revista de Biologia Tropical. 63 (2): 501–514. 2015. doi:10.15517/rbt.v63i2.15746.
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