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The Round stingray is most often collected from California's southern coast [7] and this is probably how the Round stingray has earned the name California stingray in the aquarium trade [10] [citation needed]. It also goes by several other names in the hobby including the Spotted stingray, Cortez ray, and Dwarf cortez ray [citation needed].
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. There are 20 recognized species in this family, grouped into two genera. The two genera in this family were formerly placed within ...
Binomial name. Urotrygon aspidura. D.S. & C.H. Jordan & Gilbert, 1882. Urotrygon aspidura, also known as the spiny-tail round ray or Panamic stingray, is a species of stingray native to the eastern-central and south-eastern Pacific, southern Baja, and the Gulf of California. It can grow up to 42 cm.
Spotted round ray. Urobatis maculatus, known as the spotted round ray or Cortez round stingray, is a species of round ray, within the genus Urobatis, and of the family Urotrygonidae. [2] It is endemic to Mexico, with its natural habitats being shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal marshes, and coastal ...
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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 shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal marshes, and coastal saline ...
The California round stingray made national news earlier this year when it was revealed by Team ECCO staff that she was pregnant with no male stingray in the tank for the past eight years. Staff ...
[117] [118] The largest drum is the Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) of the Gulf of California, at up to 100 kg (220 lb) and 2 m (6.6 ft) long. [119] Among the sea bass or groupers, many of which can grow quite large, the greatest size are reached in the Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) and the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus ...