Porcupine ray

Porcupine ray

Taxobox
name = Porcupine ray


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Dasyatidae
genus = "Urogymnus"
species = "U. asperrimus"
binomial = "Urogymnus asperrimus"
binomial_authority = (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonyms = The porcupine ray ("Urogymnus asperrimus") is a species of fish in the Dasyatidae family. It is found in Australia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ivory Coast, Fiji, Guam, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is shallow seas.

ource

* Compagno, L.J.V. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/39413/all Urogymnus asperrimus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.


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