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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Urotrygonidae (American round stingrays)
Etymology: Urotrygon: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, trygon = a sting ray (Ref. 45335); reticulata: Named for its color pattern on the dorsal body of the species.

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Marine; demersal. Tropical; 9°N - 8°N

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Eastern Central Pacific: known only from Panama.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9265)

Benthic on soft bottoms. Venomous spine on tail.

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McEachran, J.D., 1995. Urolophidae. Rayas redondas. p. 786-792. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9265)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A2d); Date assessed: 24 January 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 9265)

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Urotrygon reticulata Miyake & McEachran, 1988