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Tumbes Round Stingray

Urobatis tumbesensis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 0, February 2, March 0, April 0, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 1, September 3, October 2, November 3, December 3.
Ecuador14
Manabi13
Peru5
Piura5
Santa Elena1

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