Urobatis maculatus, Spotted round ray : fisheries

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Urobatis maculatus Garman, 1913

Spotted round ray
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Elasmobranchi (squali e razze) (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Urotrygonidae (American round stingrays)
Etymology: Urobatis: Greek,oura = tail + Greek, batis, batidos = a ray (Raja sp.) (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Garman.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 30 m (Ref. 96339). Subtropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Eastern Central Pacific: southern Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9265); common length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9265)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on shallow sand and mud bottoms, in sea grass beds, near rocky reefs, and in bays (Ref. 12951). Feeds on worms and amphipods during the day (Ref. 12951). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Ovoviviparous.

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

McEachran, J.D., 1995. Urolophidae. Rayas redondas. p. 786-792. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9265)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 February 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 9265)





Human uses

Pesca: pesca di sussistenza
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 22.3 - 26.9, mean 24 °C (based on 101 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02089 (0.00983 - 0.04439), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.2   ±0.42 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Assuming fecundity<100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.