''Urobatis'' is a genus of the family

Urotrygonidae Urotrygonidae is a family of rays in the order Myliobatiformes, commonly referred to as the American round stingrays or round rays. They are native to the tropical and warm temperate marine waters of the Americas. The two genera in this family ...

. These rays live in

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, Mexico, the Bahamas,

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, Nicaragua,

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, Venezuela, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados,

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, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

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, Martinique,

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, Belize, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Dominican Republic,

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, Jamaica, Cuba,

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, Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, French Guiana,

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, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and the United States.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * ''

Urobatis concentricus The bullseye round stingray (''Urobatis concentricus''), also known as the reticulated round ray, or spot-on-spot round ray, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Urotrygonidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are sh ...

'' R. C. Osburn & J. T. Nichols, 1916 (Bullseye round stingray) * ''

Urobatis halleri The round stingray (''Urobatis halleri'') or Haller's round ray and Little round stingray is a species of round ray, family Urotrygonidae, found in the coastal waters of the tropical and subtropical parts of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It ...

'' J. G. Cooper, 1863 (Round stingray) * '' Urobatis jamaicensis''

G. Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...

, 1816 (Yellow stingray) * '' Urobatis maculatus'' Garman, 1913 (Spotted round ray) * ''

Urobatis marmoratus The Chilean round stingray (''Urobatis marmoratus''), is a species of round ray, family Urolophidae. Virtually nothing is known about it, as it is only known from a single specimen described by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1893. The specimen me ...

'' Philippi , 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 ''Urobatis'' is a genus of the family Urotrygonidae. These rays live in Costa Rica, Mexico, the Bahamas, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and ...

'' Blainville, 1816 * ''

Urobatis tumbesensis The Tumbes round stingray (''Urobatis tumbesensis'') is a little-known species of round ray, family Urolophidae, known only from two immature male specimens collected from estuarine waters at depths of 1–2 m, and a third specimen collected in ...

'' Chirichigno F. & McEachran, 1979 (Tumbes round stingray)

References

Urotrygonidae Ray genera Taxa named by Samuel Garman Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Chondrichthyes-stub