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Urolophus cruciatus
(Lacepède, 1804)
Crossback stingaree
Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Urolophidae
Reference of the original description
Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4, 184–211
Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4, 184–211
Image of the original description
No image in first description.
No image in first description.
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Raja cruciata, Trygonobatus ephippiatus, Urolophus ephippiatus
Raja cruciata, Trygonobatus ephippiatus, Urolophus ephippiatus
Description :
Citation: Urolophus cruciatus (Lacepède, 1804): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2024
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Urotrygon cruciatus (Lacepède, 1804) © Fabian Ian Trinnie, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
Urotrygon cruciatus (Lacepède, 1804) © Fabian Ian Trinnie, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
Common names
Banded stingaree, Crossback stingaree
Banded stingaree, Crossback stingaree
Short Description
Diagnosis after Fowler, 1941 [849]: Depth 9 7/8 to 13 1/5 to end of caudal; head 4 2/3 to 4 9/10; disk length 1 to 1 1/10 in its width; tail 1 1/4 to 1 2/3 in disk length. Snout 1 1/2 to 1 3/5 in head, forms broad, obtuse point for very wide angle of front profile line; eye 5 2/3 to 6 1/2, 4 to 4 1/4 in snout, 2 3/5 to 3 in interorbital; dentary width 4 4/5 in head; teeth in 18 to 20 rows in jaws, wider than long, with slight transverse concavity on crown ; both lips with fringed edges ; nostrils small, internarial width siibeqnal with dentary width interorbital 2 1/5 to 2 1/4 in head, level. Gill openings small, subequal, equidistant, first and last shorter. Eye 1 3/5 of large spiracle. Skin smooth. Caudal with 2 spines, near end of tail, second longer or 1 1/2 in head. No dorsal or anal ; caudal moderately deep, end rounded ; pectorals form partly quadrangular disk, broadly rounded; ventrals broad, obtuse; claspers flattened though robust, obtusely conic, little less than total ventral length. Uniform brownish above. Below whitish, outer portions of pectorals laterally, also of ventrals and all of caudal dusky. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania
Diagnosis after Fowler, 1941 [849]: Depth 9 7/8 to 13 1/5 to end of caudal; head 4 2/3 to 4 9/10; disk length 1 to 1 1/10 in its width; tail 1 1/4 to 1 2/3 in disk length. Snout 1 1/2 to 1 3/5 in head, forms broad, obtuse point for very wide angle of front profile line; eye 5 2/3 to 6 1/2, 4 to 4 1/4 in snout, 2 3/5 to 3 in interorbital; dentary width 4 4/5 in head; teeth in 18 to 20 rows in jaws, wider than long, with slight transverse concavity on crown ; both lips with fringed edges ; nostrils small, internarial width siibeqnal with dentary width interorbital 2 1/5 to 2 1/4 in head, level. Gill openings small, subequal, equidistant, first and last shorter. Eye 1 3/5 of large spiracle. Skin smooth. Caudal with 2 spines, near end of tail, second longer or 1 1/2 in head. No dorsal or anal ; caudal moderately deep, end rounded ; pectorals form partly quadrangular disk, broadly rounded; ventrals broad, obtuse; claspers flattened though robust, obtusely conic, little less than total ventral length. Uniform brownish above. Below whitish, outer portions of pectorals laterally, also of ventrals and all of caudal dusky. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania
Biology
Inhabits inshore waters, preferably muddy bottoms in the mouths of estuaries and in bays. Also found in rocky reefs. Feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, and worms.
Inhabits inshore waters, preferably muddy bottoms in the mouths of estuaries and in bays. Also found in rocky reefs. Feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, and worms.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=7430;
shark-references Species-ID=7430;
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea
Cestoda
Monogenea
- Acanthocotyle urolophi Kearn, Whittington, Chisholm & Evans-Gowing, 2016 [24763]
- Calicotyle urolophi Chisholm, Beverley-Burton & Last, 1991 [17868] [17436] [7377] [23992]
Cestoda
- Acanthobothrium clarkeae Campbell & Beveridge, 2002 [16128] [28741]
- Dollfusiella martini (Beveridge, 1990) [16252] [16112]
