# Urobatis

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{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Urobatis pardalis.jpg
| image_caption = ''Urobatis pardalis''
| taxon = Urobatis
| authority = [Garman](/source/Samuel_Garman), 1913
| type_species = ''Raia'' (''Leiobatus'') ''sloani''
| type_species_authority = Blainville, 1816
}}

'''''Urobatis''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Urotrygonidae](/source/Urotrygonidae). These rays live in the tropical and warm temperate coastal waters of the Americas([Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica), [Mexico](/source/Mexico), [the Bahamas](/source/the_Bahamas), [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador), [Honduras](/source/Honduras), [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Panama](/source/Panama), [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago), [Barbados](/source/Barbados), [Grenada](/source/Grenada), [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines](/source/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines), [Saint Lucia](/source/Saint_Lucia), [Martinique](/source/Martinique), [Dominica](/source/Dominica), [Guadeloupe](/source/Guadeloupe), [Montserrat](/source/Montserrat), [Antigua and Barbuda](/source/Antigua_and_Barbuda), [Belize](/source/Belize), [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico), [Saint Kitts and Nevis](/source/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis), [Anguilla](/source/Anguilla), [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic), [Haiti](/source/Haiti), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica), [Cuba](/source/Cuba), [Cayman Islands](/source/Cayman_Islands), [Virgin Islands](/source/Virgin_Islands), [Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands), [French Guiana](/source/French_Guiana), [Guyana](/source/Guyana), [Suriname](/source/Suriname), [Chile](/source/Chile), [Peru](/source/Peru), [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador) and the [United States](/source/United_States)).

==Species==
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* ''[Urobatis concentricus](/source/Urobatis_concentricus)'' <small>[R. C. Osburn](/source/Raymond_Carroll_Osburn) & [J. T. Nichols](/source/John_Treadwell_Nichols), 1916</small> (Bullseye round stingray)
* ''[Urobatis halleri](/source/Urobatis_halleri)'' <small>[J. G. Cooper](/source/James_Graham_Cooper), 1863</small> (Round stingray) <ref name=Del-Moral-Flores2015/>
* ''[Urobatis jamaicensis](/source/Urobatis_jamaicensis)'' <small>[G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1816</small> (Yellow stingray)
* ''[Urobatis maculatus](/source/Urobatis_maculatus)'' <small>[Garman](/source/Samuel_Garman), 1913</small> (Spotted round ray) <ref name=Del-Moral-Flores2015/>
* ''[Urobatis marmoratus](/source/Urobatis_marmoratus)'' <small>[Philippi {Krumweide}](/source/Rodolfo_Amando_Philippi), 1893</small> (Chilean round stingray)
* {{extinct}}''[Urobatis molleni](/source/Urobatis_molleni)'' <small>Hovestadt & Hovestadt-Euler, 2010</small>
* ''[Urobatis pardalis](/source/Urobatis_pardalis)'' <small>[Del-Moral-Flores](/source/Luis_Fernando_Del-Moral-Flores), [Angulo](/source/Arturo_Angulo_Sibaja), [M. I. Bussing](/source/Myrna_Isabel_L%C3%B3pez_Sanchez) & [W. A. Bussing](/source/William_Albert_Bussing_Burhaus), 2015</small> (Leopard round stingray) <ref name=Del-Moral-Flores2015>{{cite journal |author=Moral-Flores, L.F.D. |author2=Angulo, A. |author3=López, M.I. |author4=Bussing, W.A. | year = 2015 | title = A new species of ''Urobatis'' (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) from the tropical Eastern Pacific | journal = Revista de Biología Tropical | volume = 63 | issue = 2 | pages = 501–514 | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274256903_Nueva_especie_del_gnero_Urobatis_%28Myliobatiformes_Urotrygonidae%29_del_Pacfico_oriental_tropical | doi=10.15517/rbt.v63i2.15746| doi-access = free | hdl = 10669/75287 | hdl-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.elasmodiver.com/Leopard_Round_Stingray.htm| title = Leopard Round Stingray ~ Urobatis pardalis}}</ref>
* †''[Urobatis sloani](/source/Urobatis_sloani)'' <small>[Blainville](/source/Henri_Marie_Ducrotay_de_Blainville), 1816</small>
* ''[Urobatis tumbesensis](/source/Urobatis_tumbesensis)'' <small>[Chirichigno F.](/source/Norma_Victoria_Chirichigno_Fonseca) & [McEachran](/source/John_D._McEachran), 1979</small> (Tumbes round stingray)

==References==
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Category:Urobatis
Category:Urotrygonidae
Category:Batomorphi genera
Category:Taxa named by Samuel Garman
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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