Urolophus maculatus Spotted round ray, Cortez Round Stingray

Urolophus maculatusis commonly referred to as Spotted round ray, Cortez Round Stingray. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

9838 

AphiaID:

315898 

Scientific:

Urolophus maculatus 

German:

Rochen 

English:

Spotted Round Ray, Cortez Round Stingray 

Category:

Stingrays 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Urolophidae (Family) > Urolophus (Genus) > maculatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Garman, ), 1913 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific) 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 16.54" (30cm - 42cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 21,3 °F (°C - 21,3°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Clams, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Schrimps, Snails, Worms 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Urolophus aurantiacus
• Urolophus bucculentus
• 
  Urolophus circularis
  Rochen
• 
  Urolophus cruciatus
  Rundstechrochen
• Urolophus deforgesi
• Urolophus expansus
• Urolophus flavomosaicus
• 
  Urolophus gigas
  Gefleckter Stachelrochen
• Urolophus halleri
• Urolophus javanicus
• Urolophus kaianus
• Urolophus kapalensis
• Urolophus lobatus
• Urolophus mitosis
• Urolophus neocaledoniensis
• Urolophus orarius
• Urolophus papilio
• Urolophus paucimaculatus
• Urolophus piperatus
• Urolophus sufflavus
• Urolophus viridis
• Urolophus westraliensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Urolophus maculatus
  Rochen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-07-09 13:51:33 

Last edit:

2016-07-09 13:51:33 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Urolophus maculatus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Urolophus maculatus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Urolophus maculatus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

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