Urobatis

Urobatis
Urobatis pardalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Urotrygonidae
Genus:	Urobatis Garman, 1913
Type species
Raia (Leiobatus) sloani Blainville, 1816

Urobatis is a genus of the family Urotrygonidae. These rays live in the tropical and warm temperate coastal waters of the Americas.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:

• Urobatis concentricus R. C. Osburn & J. T. Nichols, 1916 (Bullseye round stingray)
• Urobatis halleri J. G. Cooper, 1863 (Round stingray)
• Urobatis jamaicensis G. Cuvier, 1816 (Yellow stingray)
• Urobatis maculatus Garman, 1913 (Spotted round ray)
• Urobatis marmoratus Philippi {Krumweide}, 1893 (Chilean round stingray)
• †Urobatis molleni Hovestadt & Hovestadt-Euler, 2010
• Urobatis pardalis Del-Moral-Flores, Angulo, M. I. Bussing & W. A. Bussing, 2015 (Leopard round stingray)
• †Urobatis sloani Blainville, 1816
• Urobatis tumbesensis Chirichigno F. & McEachran, 1979 (Tumbes round stingray)

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