Urobatis Explained

Urobatis is a genus of the family Urotrygonidae. These rays live in Costa Rica, Mexico, the Bahamas, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and the United States.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 10.15517/rbt.v63i2.15746. free . 10669/75287 . free .
  2. Web site: Leopard Round Stingray ~ Urobatis pardalis.