Dr. Juri Hooker, Peru
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Urobatis tumbesensis is a little known species of round ray whose description is based on three specimens, two males (40.4 and 15.7 cm total length) collected in estuarine waters at a depth of 1-2 meters, and a third specimen collected near mangroves in 2006.
Two further specimens were caught in the Bay of Malaga, Colombian Pacific coast, in an artisanal shrimp trawl fishery.
The very interestingly marked round ray is rarely encountered and photographed despite its easily accessible depth distribution of up to 20 meters by divers, the species is now considered endangered, as of February 2020.
Synonym: Urolophus tumbesensis Chirichigno F. & McEachran, 1979
Two further specimens were caught in the Bay of Malaga, Colombian Pacific coast, in an artisanal shrimp trawl fishery.
The very interestingly marked round ray is rarely encountered and photographed despite its easily accessible depth distribution of up to 20 meters by divers, the species is now considered endangered, as of February 2020.
Synonym: Urolophus tumbesensis Chirichigno F. & McEachran, 1979
