Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Yellow Stingray
Urobatis jamaicensis
Yellow Stingray
Category: Round Stingrays
Scientific Name: Urobatis jamaicensis
Synonyms: Urolophus jamaicensis
Size: 8 to 14 in. (20 to 35 cm)  
Depth: 2-80 ft. (1-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of America
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Elasmobranchii (Class)
   └Batoidea (Infraclass)
    └Myliobatiformes (Order)
     └Urotrygonidae (Family)
      └Urobatis (Genus)
       └U. jamaicensis (Species)

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