Family Urotrygonidae - American round stingrays
Order : Myliobatiformes Urotrygonidae
Class : Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase : Genera : 2 | Species : 20 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium :
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: Tropical to warm temperate in continanental shelves of Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific; demersal inshore, rarely deeper than 90.. Habitat: some venture into estuaries, none considered to live entirely in freshwater. Short description: small rays (17-90 cm TL as adults, weighing at least 2.2 kg); oval to almost circular disc, variably depressed; head barely distinguishable from the part of the disc formed by the pectoral fins; snout varies from very short and obtuse to long and pointed, mouth positioned forward on the ventral disc, jaws have rows of small flattened to pointed teetharranged in quincunx; small fleshy papillae usually on the mouth floor; tail relatively broad based, usually shorter than the disc, and no dorsal and anal fins; well-developed caudal fin with short dorsal and longer ventral lobes, varies from short to very elongate; often have serrated stinging spine preceding caudal fin, sometimes with a narrow skin fold on each side of tail; pelvic fins at the base of the tail; skin may be entirely smooth to covered with small denticles and/or thorns dorsally. Previously in Urolophidae (stingarees), but now known to be closely related to Potamotrygonidae (Neotropical stimgrays). Life history: aplacental viviparous, 1-6 pups that usually gestating over ca. 6 months. Caught as bycatch by inshore trawlers, beach seines and set nets
Etymology :
Reproductive guild : bearers
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Last, P.R., W.T. White, M.R. de Carvalho, B. Séret, M.F.W. Stehmann and G.J.P. Naylor 2016
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Species/Synonymy list for the family Urotrygonidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Urotrygon munda Gill, 1863
acceptedseniororiginal
! Urotrygon mundus Gill, 1863
synonymseniororiginal
Urolophus munda (Gill, 1863)
synonymseniornew
Urolophus asterias Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
synonymjuniororiginal
Urotrygon asterias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
synonymjuniornew
Urotrygon chilensis (Günther, 1872)
acceptedseniornew
Urolophus chilensis Günther, 1872
synonymseniororiginal
Urolophus goodei Jordan & Bollman, 1890
synonymjuniororiginal
Urotrygon goodei (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
synonymjuniornew
Urotrygon aspidura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
acceptedseniornew
Urolophus aspidurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
synonymseniororiginal
Urotrygon rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
acceptedseniornew
Urolophus rogersi Jordan & Starks, 1895
synonymseniororiginal
Urotrygon binghami Breder, 1928
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Urotrygon caudispinosus Hildebrand, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
Urotrygon peruanus Hildebrand, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
Urotrygon serrula Hildebrand, 1946
acceptedseniororiginal
Urotrygon venezuelae Schultz, 1949
acceptedseniororiginal
Urotrygon nana Miyake & McEachran, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Urotrygon reticulata Miyake & McEachran, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Urotrygon simulatrix Miyake & McEachran, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Urotrygon cimar López S. & Bussing, 1998
acceptedseniororiginal
Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816)
acceptedseniornew
Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816
synonymseniororiginal
Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816)
synonymseniornew
Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Urobatis halleri (Cooper, 1863)
acceptedseniornew
Urolophus halleri Cooper, 1863
synonymseniororiginal
Urolophus nebulosus Garman, 1885
synonymjuniororiginal
Urolophus umbrifer Jordan & Starks, 1895
synonymjuniororiginal
Urobatis marmoratus (Philippi, 1892)
acceptedseniornew
Urolophus marmoratus Philippi, 1892
synonymseniororiginal
Urobatis maculatus Garman, 1913
acceptedseniororiginal
Urolophus maculatus (Garman, 1913)
synonymseniornew
Urobatis concentricus Osburn & Nichols, 1916
acceptedseniororiginal
Urolophus concentricus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
synonymseniornew
Urotrygon concentricus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916)
synonymseniornew
Urobatis tumbesensis (Chirichigno F. & McEachran, 1979)
acceptedseniornew
Urolophus tumbesensis Chirichigno F. & McEachran, 1979
synonymseniororiginal
Urobatis pardalis Del Moral-Flores, Angula, López & Bussing, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
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