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Urogymnus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Myliobatiformes

Scientific name
  
Urogymnus

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Dasyatidae

Higher classification
  
Stingray

Urogymnus

Similar
  
Porcupine ray, Batoids, Stingray, Pastinachus, Stingrays

Porcupine ray urogymnus asperrimus in the red sea


Urogymnus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from marine, brackish and freshwater habitats in the Indo-Pacific and tropical East Atlantic regions. The genus was previously considered to be monotypic, containing only the porcupine ray (U. asperrimus). Molecular phylogenetic research published in 2016 reassigned several species from Himantura to Urogymnus.

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Species

  • Urogymnus acanthobothrium Last, White & Kyne, 2016 (Mumburarr whipray)
  • Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Porcupine ray)
  • Urogymnus dalyensis (Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2008) (Freshwater whipray)
  • Urogymnus granulatus (Macleay, 1883) (Mangrove whipray)
  • Urogymnus lobistomus (Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2006) (Tubemouth whipray)
  • Urogymnus polylepis (Bleeker, 1852) (Giant freshwater stingray)

    • References

    Urogymnus Wikipedia
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