Species details : Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Accepted scientific name:
Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms:
Anacanthus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anacanthus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rachinotus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rachinotus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Raja asperrima Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Raja asperrima Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Urogymnosus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Urogymnosus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus africana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Urogymnus africana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Urogymnus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus aperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Urogymnus aperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus asperrimus solanderi Whitley, 1939 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Urogymnus asperrimus solanderi Whitley, 1939
Urogymnus rhombeus Klunzinger, 1871 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Urogymnus rhombeus Klunzinger, 1871
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Penrog - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Trnucha dikobrazí - Czech - Click here to show the literature reference
Trnucha oválná - Czech - Click here to show the literature reference
Pindsvinerokke - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature reference
Egelpijlstaartrog - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature reference
Black spotted ray - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature reference
Porcupine ray - English - Click here to show the literature reference
Porcupine ray - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Porcupine ray - English Guam Click here to show the literature reference
Porcupine ray - English Malaysia Click here to show the literature reference
Porcupineray - English South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Roughskin stingaree - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Solanders ray - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Thorny ray - English West Nggela Click here to show the literature reference
Thorny ray - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Thorny ray - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature reference
Thorny ray - English Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature reference
Thorny-ray - English India(India) Click here to show the literature reference
Pastenague sans dard - French Maldives Click here to show the literature reference
Vali sagalea - Gela West Nggela Click here to show the literature reference
Nhiirriil - Guugu Yimidhirr Australia(Hopevale) Click here to show the literature reference
Balinauag - Kuyunon Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Pari dedap - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature reference
Pari duri - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature reference
Pari duri - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature reference
糙沙粒魟 Cao sha li hong Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
非洲沙粒魟 Fei jhou sha li hong Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
Raia pungente africana - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature reference
Eramudhu maduva - Sinhalese Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature reference
Raya africana - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Pagi - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature reference
Kallu thirukai - Tamil Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature reference
Moolan-tiriki - Tamil India(Tamilnadu) Click here to show the literature reference
Mullam thirukai - Tamil Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature reference
முள்ளன் திருக்‍கை - Tamil India
மூளன் டீரீக்கீ  - Tamil India
Krabane kanoon - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature reference
Cá Đuối bồng Châu phi - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Elasmobranchii FishBase
Order Myliobatiformes FishBase
Family Dasyatidae FishBase
Genus Urogymnus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and coast of East Africa to the Marshall Islands and Fiji, south to northern Australia (Ref. 2334). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 4438).
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: Urogymnus africanus and U. asperrimus are considered synonyms and both are described in the same work. There is uncertainty about which name has priority, thus both names can be found as valid; first reviser is not researched (Ref. 97648).
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5400
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f668a8ac-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401

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