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Round stingray

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Round stingray, Taeniura grabata (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817).
Bluespotted ribbontail ray, Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775).
Blotched fantail ray, Taeniura meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841).
Genus Urogymnus ...

 


Family: Urolophidae, Round Stingrays view all from this family
Description To 22" (56 cm) long. Disc almost circular; tail shorter than disc; gray-brown above, sometimes with small, light spots, yellow below.

There are some fantastic creatures in this group-the freshwater sawfish, bowmouth guitarfish, Atlantic guitarfish, thornback, lesser electric ray, spotted electric ray, Atlantic torpedo, rough skate, round stingray.

Other types of rays also referred to as stingrays are the river stingrays (family Potamotrygonidae), the round stingrays (families Urolophidae and Urotrygonidae), the sixgill stingray (family Hexatrygonidae), ...

MYLIOBATIFORMES
deepwater stingrays, sixgill stingrays, stingrays, butterfly rays, eagle rays, cownose rays, manta rays, devil rays, round stingrays, river stingrays
SPOTTED EAGLE RAY
SUBCLASS HOLOCEPHALI ...

Order Rajiiformes (456 species, marine and freshwater): sawfishes, electric rays, guitarfishes, skates, deepwater stingray, South African stingray, stingrays, round stingrays, butterfly rays, eagle rays, manta rays ...

Giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhynobatos typus), Great White Shark, Horned Shark (Heterodontus francisci), Leopard Shark (Trakis semisciata), Manta Ray, Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), Reef Whitetip Shark (Triaenodon obesus), Round Stingray (Urolophus ...

See also: Stingray, Ray, Nurse Shark, Electric ray, Manta