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Species in the genus Urobatis: [ 11 ] records

concentricus, Urobatis Osburn [R. C.] & Nichols [J. T.] 1916:144, Fig. 2 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 35 (art. 16); ref. 15062] East side of Esteban Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 87539 [ex AMNH 5199]. Paratypes: AMNH 11801-02 (1, 1). •Perhaps a synonym of Urobatis halleri (Cooper 1863) -- (Thomson et al. 2000:282 [ref. 25640]). •Valid as Urolophus concentricus (Osburn & Nichols 1916) -- (Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Allen & Robertson 1994:34 [ref. 22193], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:48 [ref. 22793], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:35 [ref. 24545], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Urobatis concentricus Osburn & Nichols 1916 -- (McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995:789 [ref. 22829], Compagno 1999:494 [ref. 25589], Love et al. 2005:13 [ref. 37547], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:510 [ref. 33729], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:143 [ref. 34871], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:122 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:160 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Last & McEachran 2016:658 [ref. 35013], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], González-Acosta et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:47 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Urobatis concentricus Osburn & Nichols 1916. Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Oaxaca (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

halleri, Urolophus Cooper [J. G.] 1863:95, Fig. 21 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 3 (sig. 6); ref. 4876] San Diego, California, U.S.A. Holotype: [ex Calif. State Coll. 522]. •Valid as Urolophus halleri Cooper 1863 -- (Herrera 1896:15 [ref. 39336], Hiyama in Kumada 1937:22 [ref. 39147], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:55 [ref. 9277], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:49 [ref. 22793], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:41 [ref. 24545], Compagno 1999:494 [ref. 25589], Thomson et al. 2000:282 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807], White & Potter 2005:101 [ref. 28103]). •Valid as Urobatis halleri (Cooper 1863) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:35 [ref. 22193], McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995:789 [ref. 22829], Love et al. 2005:13 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:510 [ref. 33729], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:143 [ref. 34871], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:122 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:161 [ref. 34211], Last & McEachran 2016:659 [ref. 35013], Kells et al. 2016:84 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:60 [ref. 35618], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], Burton & Lea 2019:33 [ref. 37205], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37881], González-Acosta et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:47 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Urobatis halleri (Cooper 1863). Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Ecuador and ?Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

jamaicensis, Raia Cuvier [G.] (ex Sloane) 1816:137 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Jamaica. No types known. Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:33 [ref. 9312]. Based on the 'Pastinaca marina ferruginea tuberculata, ... , The stingray' of Sloane 1725:277, Pl. 246 (fig. 1) [ref. 30230]. •Valid as Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:42 [ref. 23100], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:47 [ref. 22793], Aguilera 1998:45 [ref. 24221], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:195 [ref. 24490], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:66 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:147 [ref. 27754]). •Valid as Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:184 [ref. 23897], Compagno 1999:494 [ref. 25589], Collette et al. 2003:98 [ref. 26784], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:573 [ref. 26985], Smith et al. 2003:6 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807], García-Hernández et al. 2009:91 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:510 [ref. 33729], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:123 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:161 [ref. 34211], Robertson et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34961], Last & McEachran 2016:660 [ref. 35013], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Ehemann et al. 2019:[7] [ref. 36861], Jones et al. 2020:299 [ref. 37610], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 5 [ref. 38986], Carvalho-Filho 2023:321 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:47 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier 1816). Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to northern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

maculatus, Urobatis Garman [S.] 1913:404 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 36; ref. 1545] Gulf of California, Mexico, 31°21'15"N, 113°39'W, Albatross station 3025, depth 9.5 fathoms. Holotype (unique): MCZ 1003-S. Type catalog: Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xlv [ref. 23119]. •Perhaps a synonym of Urobatis halleri (Cooper 1863) -- (Thomson et al. 2000:282 [ref. 25640]). •Valid as Urolophus maculatus (Garman 1913) -- (Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:48 [ref. 22793], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:42 [ref. 24545], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:356 [ref. 23520], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Urobatis maculatus Garman 1913 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:35 [ref. 22193], McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995:789 [ref. 22829], Compagno 1999:494 [ref. 25589], Love et al. 2005:13 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:510 [ref. 33729], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:124 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:161 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Last & McEachran 2016:661 [ref. 35013], Ehemann et al. 2018:27 [ref. 36194], González-Acosta et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:47 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Urobatis maculatus Garman 1913. Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Urolophus Philippi [R. A.] 1892:6, Pl. 2 (figs. 2-3) [Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile. Primera seccion, Zoología No. 3; ref. 22759] Quinteros, Chile. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. On p. 6 of German edition (Philippi 1893 [ref. 14560]). •Valid as Urolophus marmoratus Philippi 1892 [date sometimes given as 1893] -- (Pequeño 1989:17 [ref. 14125]. •Valid as Urobatis marmoratus (Philippi 1892) -- Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:510 [ref. 33729], Weigmann 2016:161 [ref. 34211]). Current status: Valid as Urobatis marmoratus (Philippi 1892). Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Chile. Habitat: marine.

nebulosus, Urolophus Garman [S.] 1885:41 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 8 (no. 482); ref. 14445] Colima, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 7356. •Synonym of Urolophus halleri Cooper 1863 -- (Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:49 [ref. 22793], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:502 [ref. 33729]). •Synonym of Urobatis halleri (Cooper 1863) -- (Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:122 [ref. 34398]). Current status: Synonym of Urobatis halleri (Cooper 1863). Urotrygonidae. Habitat: marine.

pardalis, Urobatis Del Moral-Flores [L. F.], Angula [A.], López [M. I.] & Bussing [W. A.] 2015:502, Figs. 1-7 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 63 (no. 2); ref. 33729] Playa Escondida, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 9°40'0.0012"N, 84°40'24.6"W. Holotype: UCR 2289-01. Paratypes: UCR. Type catalog: Angulo et al. 2015:386 [ref. 35212]. Author publishes as Moral-Flores. •Valid as Urobatis pardalis Del Moral-Flores, Angula, López & Bussing 2015 -- (Weigmann 2016:161 [ref. 34211], Last & McEachran 2016:662 [ref. 35013]). Current status: Valid as Urobatis pardalis Del Moral-Flores, Angula, López & Bussing 2015. Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica. Habitat: marine.

torpedinus, Trygonobatus Desmarest [A. G.] 1823:166 [6], Pl. 1 (fig. 1) of separate [Mémoires de la Société linnéenne de Paris v. 2; ref. 1120] Cuba. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7946 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:87 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:22 [ref. 9312]. On p. 6 of separate, unnumbered Pl. after p. 6. •Synonym of Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier 1916) -- (Jones et al. 2020:299 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier 1816). Urotrygonidae. Habitat: marine.

tumbesensis, Urolophus Chirichigno F. [N.] & McEachran [J. D.] 1979:710, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1979 (no. 4); ref. 20818] Port Pizzaro, Tumbes, Peru. Holotype: IMARPE 69-172. Paratypes: IMARPE 77-2260 (1). •Valid as Urolophus tumbesensis Chirichigno F. & McEachran 1979 -- (Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:65 [ref. 24555] as tumbesencis, López S. & Bussing 1998:276 [ref. 24917]). •Valid as Urobatis tumbesensis (Chirichigno F. & McEachran 1979) -- (Compagno 1999:494 [ref. 25589], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:510 [ref. 33729], Weigmann 2016:162 [ref. 34211], Last & McEachran 2016:663 [ref. 35013], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37881], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:76 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Urobatis tumbesensis (Chirichigno F. & McEachran 1979). Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Colombia south to Peru. Habitat: brackish, marine.

umbrifer, Urolophus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan 1895:389 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 2948. Paratypes: BMNH 1895.5.27.338 [ex CAS-SU 2914] (1), CAS-SU 2914 (now 2), ZMB 14039 [ex CAS-SU 2914] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:11 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Urolophus halleri Cooper 1863 -- (Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:49 [ref. 22793], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:502 [ref. 33729]). •Synonym of Urobatis halleri (Cooper 1863) -- (Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:122 [ref. 34398]). Current status: Synonym of Urobatis halleri (Cooper 1863). Urotrygonidae. Habitat: marine.

vermiculatus, Urobatis sloani var. Garman [S.] 1913:402, Pl. 29 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 36; ref. 1545] Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico. Syntypes: MCZ 1053-S (1), 1054-S (1), 1055-S (1). Type catalog: Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xlvi [ref. 23119]. •Synonym of Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:47 [ref. 22793], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:123 [ref. 34398]). •Synonym of Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Jones et al. 2020:299 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier 1816). Urolophidae. Habitat: marine.