Chilean round stingray

Chilean round stingray
Chilean round stingray
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Urolophidae
Genus: Urobatis
Species: U. marmoratus
Binomial name
Urobatis marmoratus
(Philippi {Krumweide}, 1893)
Synonyms

Urolophus marmoratus Philippi, 1893

The Chilean round stingray, Urobatis marmoratus, is a species of round ray, family Urolophidae.[2] Virtually nothing is known about it, as it is only known from a single specimen described by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1893. The specimen measured 38.5 cm long and was collected off Quintero, Chile.[1] It had the nearly circular pectoral fin disc typical of the round rays, with the front margins straight. The distance between the eyes was more than two-thirds the distance between the eyes and the tip of the snout. The body was very thick for a ray, and completely smooth. The tail was shorter than the length of the disc. The coloration was distinctive, consisting of numerous small white spots on a dark background. It is likely benthic.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Lamilla, J. (2004). Urobatis marmoratus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on November 24, 2008.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Urobatis marmoratus" in FishBase. November 2008 version.
  3. ^ Lamilla, J.G. (Nov 2005). "Guía para el reconocimiento de: tiburones, rayas y quimeras de Chile". Oceania 17: 1–80. 

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