Urobatis

Urobatis jamaicensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Urotrygonidae
Genus: Urobatis
Species: U. concentricus - U. halleri - U. jamaicensis - U. maculatus - U. marmoratus - U. pardalis – U. tumbesensis

Name

Urobatis Garman, 1913

• Type species: Raia (Leiobatus) sloani Blainville, 1816

Etymology: From oura (= tail), possibly referring to blunt tail, “about as long as the body”, and batis (= Greek for a flat fish, usually applied to a skate or ray) (From The ETYFish Project).

References

• Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates, and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 36: i–xiii + 1–515 + 77 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 

Links

• Urobatis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Urobatis species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.