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Round stingray
Tramado
Urobatis halleri
Round stingray
Conservation status
Least concern.
Categories and criteria of the IUCN Red List:
Estatus de conservación
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Fun facts
Females emit an electric field that males can perceive.
Mating lasts for approximately 5 minutes.
They usually spawn 6 live offspring and juveniles remain close to the water´s edge, where there are fewer predators.
General aspects
It is a round disc ray, slightly wider than it is long; smooth light brown or reddish-brown skin, with dense, dark brown spots.
It lives in sandy and muddy ocean and swamp floors.
It feeds on invertebrates on the seabed and small fish.
Flecha atrás
Ray bay