Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Myliobatiformes > Family Dasyatidae > Genus Urogymnus

Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Urogymnus*	Müller & Henle, 1837	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja africana*	Bloch & Schneider, 1801	synonym
*Raja asperrima*	Bloch & Schneider, 1801	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: porcupine ray sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Japanese: イバラエイ

Literature

basis of record	Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Urogymnus asperrimus, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217424