Yellow stingray - Urobatis jamaicensis

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Urobatis jamaicensis
Author (Cuvier, 1816)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 621035
Common Names Spanish: tembladera
Spanish: raya redonda de estero
English: yellow stingray
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Chondrichthyes
        Subclass: Elasmobranchii
          Superorder: Euselachii
            Order: Myliobatiformes
              Family: Urolophidae
                Genus: Urobatis
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN621035
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)877
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets35
Year1952 - 2016
Latitude2.48 - 26.78
Longitude-91.22 - -48.97
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