chilensis, Urolophus Günther [A.] 1872:653, Pl. 53 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 21 Nov. 1871); ref. 1997] Chile. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.9.13.119. Type catalog: Ehemann et al. 2021:[2] [ref. 38127]. •Synonym of Urotrygon asterias (Jordan & Gilbert 1883) -- (Miyake & McEachran 1986:297 [ref. 6153]). •Valid as Urotrygon chilensis (Günther 1872) -- (Castro-Aguirre 1965:231 [ref. 41098], Miyake & McEachran 1988:374 [ref. 12878], Pequeño 1989:17 [ref. 14125], Bussing & López S. 1994:34 [ref. 23101], McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995:790 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:52 [ref. 22793], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:43 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:66, 70 [ref. 24555], López S. & Bussing 1998:276 [ref. 24917], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:70 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:494 [ref. 25589], Nelson et al. 2004:57 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:14 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:124 [ref. 34398], Last & Yearsley 2016:7 [ref. 34940], Weigmann 2016:162 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Last & McEachran 2016:665 [ref. 35013], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35859], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37881], Ehemann et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38127], González-Acosta et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:47 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:78 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40981], Ehemann et al. 2024:12 [ref. 41305], Fricke et al. 2024:99 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Urotrygon chilensis (Günther 1872). Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern Ecuador south to Taltal (northern Chile); ?Colombia. Replaced from Mexico to Costa Rica by Urotrygon asterias (Jordan & Gilbert 1883). Habitat: marine.