Porcupine ray
Urogymnus asperrimus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Myliobatiformes
- Family
- Dasyatidae
- Genus
- Urogymnus
Where to Find
Found in 8 diving areas across 8 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 102 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records