Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Dasyatidae > Genus Urogymnus

Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

UrogymnusMüller & Henle, 1837accepted genus name

Species group names

Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: porcupine ray

Literature

basis of record

Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown.

additional source

FishBase, version december 2007

additional source

FishBase, version may 2009

additional source

FishBase, version october 2012

additional source

Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
GenBank (10 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217424

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2008-01-15 by Nicolas Bailly

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