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Urogymnus

Synonyms: Anacanthus; Rachinotus; Rhachinotus; Urogymnosus

Wikipedia Abstract

Urogymnus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. The genus was previously considered to be monotypic, containing only the porcupine ray (U. asperrimus). Molecular phylogenetic research published in 2016 reassigned several species from Himantura to Urogymnus.
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Species

Urogymnus acanthobothrium (Mumburarr whipray)
Urogymnus asperrimus (African ray) (Vulnerable)
Urogymnus dalyensis (Freshwater whipray)
Urogymnus granulatus (Whitetail whipray) (Vulnerable)
Urogymnus lobistoma (Tubemouth whipray) (Endangered)
Urogymnus lobistomus <Unverified Name>
Urogymnus polylepis (Freshwater whipray) (Endangered) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0