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Spotted Round Stingray

Urobatis maculatus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 7, May 5, June 3, July 2, August 0, September 2, October 2, November 4, December 0.
Mexico28
Baja California Sur24
United States6
Arizona6
Baja California4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassCartilaginous Fishes · Chondrichthyes
OrderStingrays · Myliobatiformes
FamilyAmerican Round Rays · Urotrygonidae
GenusUrobatis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Spotted Round Stingray with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.