- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderMyliobatiformes
- ›familyUrotrygonidae
- ›genusUrobatis
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reef stingray
Urobatis concentricus Osburn & Nichols, 1916
Also calledAugenfleck-Rundrochen (deu) · Augenflecken-Rundstechrochen (deu) · Raia-de-recife-conspícua (por) · Raie Ronde Concentríque (fra) · Raya Redonda De Manchas (spa) · Raya concéntrica (spa) · Trigone cerchiato (ita) · raya redonda de arrecife (spa) · rengaspyörörausku (fin) · tlustoocaska kalifornská (ces)
First described in: Osburn, R. C. & John T. Nichols. 1916. Shore fishes collected by the “Albatross” expedition in Lower California, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(art. 16): 139-181.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Bullseye Stingray, Reef Stingray, Reticulated Round Ray, or Spot-on-Spot Round Ray. To 58.4 cm (23.0 in) TL (Ehemann et al. 2017 a); 37.6 cm (14.8 in) DW (Ehemann et al. 2017). Isla de Cedros (M. L., unpubl. data) and, off mainland, Rocas Chester (27 ° 53 ’ N, 115 ° 04 ’ W), central Baja California (M. L., unpubl. data) to Bahía Huatulco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico (Amezcua Linares 1996). Benthic; depth: 1 – 120 m (4 – 394 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Aburto-Oropeza et al. 2011). Recently as Urolophus concentricus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916).
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2420465.