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title: "Spotted Round Stingray"
description: "Urobatis maculatus — Poissons. Urobatis maculatus, known as the spotted round ray or Cortez round stingray, is a species of round ray, within the genus Urobatis, and of the family Urotrygonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/spotted-round-stingray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Round Stingray

> Urobatis maculatus — Poissons. Urobatis maculatus, known as the spotted round ray or Cortez round stingray, is a species of round ray, within the genus Urobatis, and of the family Urotrygonidae.

- Scientific name: *Urobatis maculatus*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte), `zoo` (Zoo et animaux de compagnie)
- iNaturalist observations: 250
- Wikidata: [Q3284682](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3284682)
- iNaturalist taxon: [85117](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85117)

## Names

- en: Spotted Round Stingray
- de: Cortez-Rundstechrochen
- es: Raya redonda de Cortés
- nl: Urolophus maculatus

## Countries with the most observations

MX (225)

## Summary

Urobatis maculatus, known as the spotted round ray or Cortez round stingray, is a species of round ray, within the genus Urobatis, and of the family Urotrygonidae. It is endemic to Mexico, with its natural habitats being shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal marshes, and coastal saline lagoons. 
Spotted round rays reach a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL. The spotted round ray is ideal for captivity due to its hardiness and smaller size, and it is also a favorable candidate for breeding in aquaria. It can be kept in a minimum 180 gallon aquarium with fine substrate, little…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_round_ray

## Photo

![Spotted Round Stingray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-round-stingray/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267297278

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-round-stingray?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).