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Urotrygonidae (American round stingrays)
Etymology: Urobatis: Greek,oura = tail + Greek, batis, batidos = a ray (Raja sp.) (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: from northern Peru to Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - 30 cm
Max length : 34.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111131)
Occurs in coastal shallow water in estuaries, mangrove swamps and to at least 20 m depth (Ref. 114953).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Compagno, L.J.V., 1999. Checklist of living elasmobranchs. p. 471-498. In W.C. Hamlett (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. (Ref. 35766)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.00810 - 0.03560), b=3.12 (2.93 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming fecundity<100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 83.2 [11.4, 465.6] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.842 [0.167, 3.611] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.4 [15.9, 21.0] % ; Omega3 = 0.37 [0.11, 1.18] g/100g ; Selenium = 35.4 [8.4, 143.4] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 34.1 [7.3, 160.1] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.35 [0.33, 5.28] mg/100g (wet weight);