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Urotrygon  Gill, 1863
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160967

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): longtail round stingrays [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassChondrichthyes   
                      ClassChondrichthyes  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarăo, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins  
                         SubclassElasmobranchii  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                            SuperorderEuselachii   
                               OrderMyliobatiformes  – stingrays  
                                  FamilyUrolophidae Müller and Henle, 1841 – pastenagues ŕ queue charnue, rayas redondas, round stingrays, stingarees  
                                     GenusUrotrygon Gill, 1863 – longtail round stingrays  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon aspidura (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) – Panamic stingray, raya redonda panámica 
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon caudispinosus Hildebrand, 1946  
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon chilensis (Günther, 1872) – blotched stingray, raya redonda moteada 
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon cimar López S. and Bussing, 1998  
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon microphthalmum Delsman, 1941 – smalleyed round stingray 
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon munda Gill, 1863 – raya redonda áspera, spiny stingray 
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon nana Miyake and McEachran, 1988 – dwarf stingray, raya redonda enana 
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon peruanus Hildebrand, 1946  
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon reticulata Miyake and McEachran, 1988  
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon rogersi (Jordan and Starks in Jordan, 1895) – raya redonda de púas, thorny stingray 
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon serrula Hildebrand, 1946  
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon simulatrix Miyake and McEachran, 1988  
                                        SpeciesUrotrygon venezuelae Schultz, 1949 – Venezuela round stingray 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Urotrygon   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
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  Reference for: Urotrygon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Urotrygon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Urotrygon   
       

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