Cortez round stingray

Taxobox
name = Cortez round stingray


status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Urotrygonidae
genus = "Urobatis"
species = "U. maculatus"
binomial = "Urobatis maculatus"
binomial_authority = (Garman, 1913)
synonyms = The Cortez round stingray or spotted round ray ("Urobatis maculatus") is a species of fish in the Urotrygonidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal marshes, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Bizzarro, J.J. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60110/all Urobatis maculatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.