Urotrygon aspidura

Spiny-tail round ray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Urotrygonidae
Genus: Urotrygon
Species: Urotrygon aspidura

Urotrygon aspidura or the Spiny-tail Round Ray is a stingray species native to the Eastern central and southeast Pacific and southern Baja and the Gulf of California. It can grow up to 42 cm. They are severely threatened by shrimp fisheries.[1]

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Last modified on 14 April 2013, at 17:52