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title: "Yellow Stingray"
description: "Urobatis jamaicensis — Ryby. The yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) is a species of stingray in the family Urotrygonidae, found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Trinidad."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/yellow-stingray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow Stingray

> Urobatis jamaicensis — Ryby. The yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) is a species of stingray in the family Urotrygonidae, found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Trinidad.

- Scientific name: *Urobatis jamaicensis*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2640
- Wikidata: [Q1583677](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1583677)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49199](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49199)

## Names

- en: Yellow Stingray
- de: Jamaika-Stechrochen
- es: Raya redonda de estero
- fr: Pastenague jamaïcaine

## Countries with the most observations

MX (964), US (693), BZ (158), KY (102), BS (98), PA (94), DO (78), JM (69), HN (59), CU (42), CO (30)

## Summary

The yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) is a species of stingray in the family Urotrygonidae, found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Trinidad. This bottom-dwelling species inhabits sandy, muddy, or seagrass bottoms in shallow inshore waters, commonly near coral reefs.
Female yellow stingrays are larger than males. Females reach about a maximum length of about 26 inches whereas the male will reach a maximum length of about 15 inches across. The yellow stingray has a round pectoral fin disc and a short tail with a well-developed caudal fin. It has a highly variable but distinctive dorsal…

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

## Photo

![Yellow Stingray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-stingray/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145017963

## Machine access

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