spotted round ray, Cortez round stingray (Urobatis maculatus) Spotted stingray (Urobatis maculatus) in the Sea of Cortez.
Date 27 June 2007, 09:06
Source Striped Ray
Author Steve Ryan from Groveland, CA, USA http://www.flickr.com/people/29145750@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urobatis_maculatus.jpg
Spotted round ray or Cortez round stingray (Urobatis maculatus) is a species of round ray endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal marshes, and coastal saline lagoons. This species reaches a length of 42 centimetres TL.
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Urotrygonidae
Genus: Urobatis
Species: Urobatis maculatus (Garman, 1913)
Synonyms: Urolophus maculatus Garman, 1913