Urotrygon

Urotrygon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Urotrygonidae
Genus:	Urotrygon T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Urotrygon mundus T. N. Gill, 1863

Urotrygon is a genus of American round stingrays. The last two species were described in 1988.

Species[]

There are currently thirteen recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Urotrygon aspidura D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Spiny-tail round ray)
• Hildebrand, 1946 (Spine-tailed round ray)
• Urotrygon chilensis Günther, 1872 (Chilean round ray)
• & W. A. Bussing, 1998 (Denticled roundray)
• Urotrygon microphthalmum , 1941 (Smalleyed round stingray)
• T. N. Gill, 1863 (Munda round ray)
• & , 1988 (Dwarf round ray)
• Hildebrand, 1946 (Peruvian stingray)
• & , 1988 (Reticulate round ray)
• D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895 (Roger's round ray)
• Hildebrand, 1946 (Saw-spined round ray)
• & , 1988 (Fake round ray)
• L. P. Schultz, 1949 (Venezuela round stingray)

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