Butterfly stingaree

Butterfly stingaree

Taxobox
name = Butterfly stingaree


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Urolophidae
genus = "Urolophus"
species = "U. papilio"
binomial = "Urolophus papilio"
binomial_authority = Séret & Last, 2003
synonyms =

The butterfly stingaree, "Urolophus papilio", is a species of fish in the Urolophidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Last, P.R. & Marshall, L.J. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60101/all Urolophus papilio] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.


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