Taxonavigation

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).

Vernacular names

References

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