Urobatis halleri

(Cooper, 1863)


Haller's round ray
Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Urotrygonidae

Reference of the original description
Cooper, J.G. (1863)
On new genera and species of Californian fishes. N° II. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 1), 3(6), 93–97

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Urobatis halleri (Cooper, 1863)

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Urobatis nebulosus, Urobatis umbrifer, Urolophus halleri, Urolophus nebulosus, Urolophus umbrifer

Types
Urobatis halleri

Urolophus nebulosus
Holotype: USNM: 7356
Urolophus umbrifer
Holotype: SU: 2948 Paratype: BMNH: 1895.5.27.338 (ex SU 2914) SU: 2914 ZMB: 14039 (ex SU 2914)


Description :


Citation: Urobatis halleri (Cooper, 1863): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2024

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Urobatis halleri (Cooper, 1863), ERB 1197, female, 18, 0 DW, 32, 4 TL, Central Eastern Pacific © Frederik H. Mollen (Elasmobranch Research Belgium)
Common names
deu \(T\) Peitschenrochen, deu \(T\) Stechrochen, spa Pastinaca, spa Raya, spa Raya de espina, spa Raya redonda común, spa Raya redonda de Haller, spa Raya redonda de aguijón, spa Raya sicodélica, fra \(T\) Raie ronde de Haller, eng Haller"s round ray, eng Round stingray, ita Pastinaca, ita Trigono

Short Description
Diet: central Mexican Pacific (data base: 175 stomachs were analyzed): The diet of this species was mainly composed of microcrustaceans, such as caridean shrimp and brachyuran and stomatopod larvae (>80% IRI), and differed significantly between seasons (table 2). During period T1 (the warm period, extends from July to December) three main categories were identified: Processidae, stomatopod larvae, and brachyuran larvae (>96% IRI). During period T2 (the cold period extends from January to June) the diet consisted primarily of amphipods, carideans (Ogyriididae and Processidae), Portunus asper, and penaeids (>93% IRI). [13684]

Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Eureka in northern California, USA to Panama. Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums; price category: medium; price reliability: unreliable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this order

Biology
Male grasps disc margin of female, flips under her, and inserts a clasper. Mating lasts about 5 minutes. Occurs on sand or mud bottom off beaches and in bays and sloughs [17050]. Densities of this species were significantly higher at warmer effluent water near the surfzone at Seal Beach, California than to cooler, ambient water further offshore (Ref. 54651). Mobile invertebrate feeder (Ref. 57615). Feeds on benthic invertebrates and small fishes.

Size / Weight / Age
58.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637)); max. published weight: 1,360 g (Ref. 4699)

Habitat
demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 91 m [1658], usually ? - 15 m (Ref. 55315)

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=7396;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Conoidasida
  • Eimeria chollaensis Upton, Gardner & Duszynski, 1988 [12584] [32027]
  • Eimeria halleri Upton, Bristol, Gardner & Duszynski, 1986 [32027]

Myxosporea
  • Chloromyxum ovatum Jameson, 1929 [23380]

Monogenea
Cestoda
Trematoda
  • Anaporrhutum euzeti Curran, Blend & Overstreet, 2003 [23771]

Copepoda
  • Eudactylina urolophi Deets, 1994 [17867]
  • Trebius latifurcatus Wilson, 1921 [14624]

Hirudinea
  • Branchellion lobata Moore, 1952 [33486]


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