Overview
Family : Round rays ; Found on soft bottoms of shallow water[1]. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans, mollusks, polychaete worms and fishes [2].
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Stekelige Doornrog
Common Names in English:
Blotched Stingaree, Blotched Stingray, Chilean Round Ray, Stingray, Thorny Round Stingray
Common Names in French:
Raie Ronde Chilienne
Common Names in Portuguese:
Tapa
Common Names in Spanish:
Raya, Raya Chilena, Raya Con Espina, Raya Raspadera, Raya Redonda Chilena, Raya Redonda Moteada, Tapadera
Description
Family Urolophidae
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Well-developed caudal fin; tail moderately long; outer anterior margin of pectorals continuous along side of head . Most species with one or more long poisonous spines on tail.The family Urolophidae belongs to the Class Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) and the Order Rajiformes. It contains 2 genera and 35 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are bearers. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is rajiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. Etymology of this family name : Greek, oura = tail + Greek, lophos = crest
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -56 meters (0 to -184 feet).[3]
Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .
Ecology: Fishbase reports a maximum size of 41.9 cm total length (TL
). No other information available.[4]
List of Habitats
:10.1Marine Oceanic
- Epipelagic (0-200m)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Class:
Chondrichthyes
()
- Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
()
- Infraclass:
Euselachii
()
- Cohort:
Neoselachii
()
- Superorder:
Batoidea
()
- Order:
Rajiformes
()
- Family:
Urolophidae
()
- Round Stingrays
- Genus:
Urotrygon
()
- Schultz, 1949
- Specific name:
chilensis
- (Günther, 1872)
- Scientific name: - Urotrygon chilensis (Günther, 1872)
- Specific name:
chilensis
- (Günther, 1872)
- Genus:
Urotrygon
(
- Family:
Urolophidae
(
- Order:
Rajiformes
(
- Superorder:
Batoidea
(
- Cohort:
Neoselachii
(
- Infraclass:
Euselachii
(
- Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
(
- Class:
Chondrichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Urolophus chilensis Günther, 1872
- Urolophus chilensis Günther, 1872
- Urotrygon chilensis /i> (Günther, 1872)
- Urotrygon goodei Jordan & Bollman, 1890
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Urotrygon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
U. aspidura (Roughtail Round Stingray) · U. aspidurus · U. asterias · U. caudispinosus (Stingray) · U. chilensis (Thorny Round Stingray) · U. cimar · U. concentricus · U. goodei · U. microphthalmum (Smalleyed Round Stingray) · U. microphthalmus · U. microphthamum · U. micropthalmum · U. munda (Shortfin Round Stingray) · U. mundus · U. nana (Dwarf Round Stingray) · U. peruanus (Peruvian Stingray) · U. reticulata (Reticulate Round Stingray) · U. rogersi (Lined Round Stingray) · U. serrula (Stingray) · U. similatrix · U. simulatrix (Stellate Round Stingray) · U. sp · U. venezuelae (Venezuela Round Stingray)
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Further Reading
- Bearez, P. (1996). Lista de los peces marinos del Ecuador continental. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44(2):731-741.
- Beebe W. and Tee-Van, J. 1941. Fishes from the Tropical eastern Pacific. Part 3: Rays, mantas and Chimaeras. Zoologica 26: 245-280.
- Chirichigno, N. 1978. Nuevas adiciones a la ictiofauna marina del Perú. Informes Instituto del Mar. Perú-callao, 46: 109pp.
- De La Cruz Agüero, J. (1997). Catalogo de los peces marinos de Baja California Sur. IPN-CICIMAR, La Paz, Mexico. p. 341.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2004. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. Search FishBase.
- Lamilla, J. and Sáez, S. 2003. Clave taxonómica para el reconocimiento de especies de rayas chilenas (Chondrichthyes, Batoidei). Invest. Mar., ValparaÃso 31(2):3-16.
- Lamilla, J. and Sáez, S. 2003. Clave taxonómica para el reconocimiento de especies de rayas chilenas (Chondrichthyes, Batoidei). Invest. Mar., Valparaíso 31(2):3-16.
- Miyake, T. and McEachran, J.D. 1988. Three new species of the stingray genus Urotrygon (Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) from the Eastern Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science 42(3):366-375.
- Pequeño, G. (1989). Peces de Chile. Lista sistematica revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.
- Robertson, D.R. and G.R. Allen. 2002. Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: an Information System. CD-ROM. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.
- Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.
Notes
Contributors
- American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Lamilla, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2503552
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26910
- Fishbase Species ID: 8218
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 564635
- IUCN ID: 44647
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127440
Footnotes
- McEachran, J.D. (1995). Urolophidae. Rayas redondas. p. 786-792. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. [back]
- De La Cruz Agüero, J. (1997). Catalogo de los peces marinos de Baja California Sur. IPN-CICIMAR, La Paz, Mexico. p. 341. [back]
- Mean = 1,210.570 meters (3,971.686 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,257.600 based on 7 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Lamilla, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
