Round stingray
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The round stingrays (Urolophidae) are widespread in warm areas in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific .
features
The rather small rays are 11 to 80 centimeters long. They have a small caudal fin that carries a serrated stinger. Some Australian species of the genus Trygonoptera also have a dorsal fin. Your body disc is about 1.3 times wider than it is long. Round stingrays are viviparous.
Systematics
There are three genera with 24 species:
- Genus Spinilophus Yearsley & Last, 2016
- Spinilophus armatus (Müller & Henle, 1841) .
- Genus Trygonoptera
- Trygonoptera galba Last & Yearsley, 2008
- Trygonoptera imitata Yearsley, Last & Gomon, 2008
- Trygonoptera mucosa (Whitley, 1939) .
- Trygonoptera ovalis Last & Gomon, 1987 .
- Trygonoptera personata Last & Gomon, 1987 .
- Trygonoptera testacea Müller & Henle , 1841 .
- Genus Urolophus
- Urolophus aurantiacus Müller & Henle, 1841 .
- Urolophus bucculentus Macleay, 1884 .
- Urolophus circularis McKay, 1966 .
- Urolophus cruciatus ( Lacépède , 1804) .
- Urolophus deforgesi Séret & Last, 2003 .
- Urolophus expansus McCulloch, 1916 .
- Urolophus flavomosaicus Last & Gomon, 1987 .
- Urolophus gigas Scott, 1954 .
- Urolophus javanicus (Martens, 1864) .
- Urolophus kaianus Günther , 1880 .
- Urolophus lobatus McKay, 1966 .
- Urolophus mitosis Last & Gomon, 1987 .
- Urolophus neocaledoniensis Séret & Last, 2003 .
- Urolophus orarius Last & Gomon, 1987 .
- Urolophus papilio Séret & Last, 2003 .
- Urolophus paucimaculatus Dixon, 1969 .
- Urolophus piperatus Séret & Last, 2003 .
- Urolophus sufflavus Whitley, 1929 .
- Urolophus viridis McCulloch, 1916 .
- Urolophus westraliensis Last & Gomon, 1987 .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson, Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yearsley, GK & Last, PR (2016): A new genus of stingares (Myliobatiformis: Urolophidae) with comments on other urolophid genera and an annotated checklist of species. Pages 35 to 40 in Last, PR & Yearsley, GK (Ed.) (2016): Rays of the World: Supplementary information. CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection.
Web links
Commons : Round Stingray - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Round stingrays on Fishbase.org (English)
- Urolophidae at animaldiversity.org. (en.)