Animal Diversity Web

Urogymnus asperrimus

African ray

(Also: Rough-skinned ray; Roughskin stingaree; Solanders ray)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Rajiformes
        
        Family Dasyatidae (Stingrays)
        
        Genus Urogymnus
        
        Species Urogymnus asperrimus (African ray)