Urotrygon aspidura
Urotrygon aspidura, also known as the spiny-tail round ray or Panamic stingray, is a species of stingray native to the eastern-central and south-eastern Pacific, southern Baja, and the Gulf of California. It can grow up to 42 cm. They are severely threatened by shrimp fisheries.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Urotrygonidae |
| Genus: | Urotrygon |
| Species: | U. aspidura |
| Binomial name | |
| Urotrygon aspidura D.S. & C.H. Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | |
References
- Kyne, P.M., Charvet, P., Areano, E.M., Cevallos, A., Espinoza, M., González, A., Herman, K., Mejía-Falla, P.A., Morales-Saldaña, J.M., Navia, A.F. & Velez-Zuazo, X. 2020. Urotrygon aspidura. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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