Marine Species Traits - Urotrygon Gill, 1863

WoRMS taxon details

Urotrygon Gill, 1863

AphiaID

271196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271196)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Urotrygonidae McEachran, Dunn & Miyake, 1996

Direct children (21)

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Species Urotrygon aspidura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Species Urotrygon caudispinosus Hildebrand, 1946
Species Urotrygon chilensis (Günther, 1872)
Species Urotrygon cimar López S. & Bussing, 1998
Species Urotrygon microphthalmum Delsman, 1941
Species Urotrygon munda Gill, 1863
Species Urotrygon nana Miyake & McEachran, 1988
Species Urotrygon peruanus Hildebrand, 1946
Species Urotrygon reticulata Miyake & McEachran, 1988
Species Urotrygon rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
Species Urotrygon serrula Hildebrand, 1946
Species Urotrygon simulatrix Miyake & McEachran, 1988
Species Urotrygon venezuelae Schultz, 1949
Species Urotrygon asterias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) accepted as Urotrygon munda Gill, 1863
Species Urotrygon binghami Breder, 1928 accepted as Urotrygon rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
Species Urotrygon concentricus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) accepted as Urobatis concentricus Osburn & Nichols, 1916
Species Urotrygon davesi Wallace, 1967 accepted as Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace, 1967) (misspelling)
Species Urotrygon daviesi Wallace, 1967 accepted as Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace, 1967)
Species Urotrygon daviesis Wallace, 1967 accepted as Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace, 1967) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Urotrygon goodei (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) accepted as Urotrygon chilensis (Günther, 1872)
Species Urotrygon mundus Gill, 1863 accepted as Urotrygon munda Gill, 1863 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gill, T. N. (1863). Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 15: 162-174. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Urotrygon Gill, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271196 on 2025-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gill, T. N. (1863). Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 15: 162-174. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Introduced: alien

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