- Urolophus
Taxobox
name = "Urolophus"
fossil_range =Eocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-09 ]
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
ordo =Rajiformes
familia =Urolophidae
genus = "Urolophus""Urolophus" is a genus of
fish in theUrolophidae family. It contains the following species:
*New Ireland stingaree ("Urolophus armatus")
*sepia stingray ("Urolophus aurantiacus")
*great stingaree ("Urolophus bucculentus")
*circular stingaree ("Urolophus circularis")
*banded stingaree ("Urolophus cruciatus")
*Chesterfield Island stingaree ("Urolophus deforgesi")
*wide stingaree ("Urolophus expansus")
*patchwork stingaree ("Urolophus flavomosaicus")
*Sinclair's stingaree ("Urolophus gigas")
*Java stingaree ("Urolophus javanicus")
*Kai stingaree ("Urolophus kaianus")
*lobed stingaree ("Urolophus lobatus")
*blotched stingaree ("Urolophus mitosis")
*New Caledonian stingaree ("Urolophus neocaledoniensis")
*butterfly stingaree ("Urolophus papilio")
*dixons stingaree ("Urolophus paucimaculatus")
*coral sea stingaree ("Urolophus piperatus")
*kapala stingaree ("Urolophus sp. nov. A")
*yellowback stingaree ("Urolophus sufflavus")
*greenback stingaree ("Urolophus viridis")
*brown stingaree ("Urolophus westraliensis")
*Coastal stingaree ("Urolophus orarius")References
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