Porcupine ray

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Porcupine ray
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Rajiformes Family: Dasyatidae Genus: Urogymnus Species: U. asperrimus
Binomial name
Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

The porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus) is a species of fish in the Dasyatidae family. It is found in Australia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ivory Coast, Fiji, Guam, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is shallow seas.

[edit] Source

• Compagno, L.J.V. 2000. Urogymnus asperrimus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 03 August 2007.