yellowback stingaree

Urolophus sufflavus

Forty Two Centimeters Urolophid Fish from Australian Waters

yellowback stingaree is a marine fish from Southwest Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 42 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Stingrays
Family: Urolophidae
Genus: Urolophus
Maximum length: 42 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: Australia, from Queensland to New South Wales. Possibly hybridizes with the largely allopatric banded stingaree Urolophus cruciatus (a more southern species), and perhaps one of the few known cases of chondrichthyan hybridization.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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