Yellow Stingray
Urobatis jamaicensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The yellow stingray is a species of stingray in the family Urotrygonidae, found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Trinidad. This bottom-dwelling species inhabits sandy, muddy, or seagrass bottoms in shallow inshore waters, commonly near coral reefs.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Urotrygonidae
- Genus
- Urobatis