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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Urotrygon chilensis © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Urotrygon chilensis © Copyright Clay Bryce, 2006 · 0 Urotrygon chilensis 4 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features whole disc - scattered denticles back +/- tail: 1 row thorns top blotchy;bottom: disc border brown c: slender Blotched roundray, Chilean roundray, Thorny roundray Disc elongate oval; pectorals continuous around head; eyes larger than 1/3 distance between them; tail slender; 1 large venomous spine on tail; no dorsal fins; tail length greater than disc length; tail fin elongate oval, upper and lower lobes not confluent; denticles scattered (sparsely or densely) over disc entire, patches between eyes, sides below eyes, along back and top and sides of tail; thorns and denticles different shapes - thorns keel-like with oval bases, denticles curved; 1 irregular row of thorns on midback and tail (sometimes midback only, or on shoulder and tail only); tail fin slender height ~4.1% of total length. Upper surface grey, grey-brown or tan, with scattered irregular dark grey to blackish spots; lower surface yellowish-white with brown border. Size: 42 cm (26 cm wide). Habitat: shallow coastal sandy bottoms. Depth: 1-60 m. Southern Baja and the Gulf of California to Chile. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ). Depth Range Max: 60 m. Depth Range Min: 1 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic worms; octopus/squid/cuttlefish; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=-20; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-70; Latitudinal range=52; Longitudinal range=45. Egg Type: Live birth; No pelagic larva; No pelagic phase. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Data deficient; Listed. Length Max: 42 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Brackish; Marine. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Beebe , W. and Tee-Van, J., 1941., Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXVIII. Fishes from the tropical eastern Pacific. 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Miyake , T. and McEachran, J.D., 1986., Taxonomy of the stingray genus Urotrygon (Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae): preliminary results based on external morphology. In Indo-Pacific Fish Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes. T. Uyeno, et. al. eds., Ichthyologycal Society of Japan:291-302. Miyake , T. and McEachran, J.D., 1988., Three new species of the stingray genus Urotyrgon (Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) from the eastern Pacific., Bull. Mar. Sci., 42(3):366-375. Ricker, K.E., 1959., Mexican shore and pelagic fishes collected from Acapulco to Cape San Lucas during the 1957 cruise of the "Marijean"., Univ. Brit. Columbia Inst. Fish., Mus. Contrib., 3:18pp. Rubio, E.A., 1988., Estudio taxonomico de la ictiofauna acompañante del camaron en areas costeras del Pacifico de Colombia., Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :169-183. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. Vega, A.J., Villareal, N., 2003., Peces asociados a arrecifes y manglares en el Parque Nacional Coiba., Tecnociencia, 5:65-76. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. 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