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{{Short description|Species of cartilaginous fish}}

{{Speciesbox

{{Taxobox

| name = Java stingaree

| status = EX

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 31 December 2023">{{cite iucn |author=Constance, J. |author2=Ebert, D.A. |author3=Fahmi, Finucci, B. |author4=Simeon, B. |author5=Kyne, P.M. |year=2023 |title=''Urolophus javanicus'' |volume=2023 |page=e.T60095A229337053 |doi= |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>

| extinct = 2023

| regnumgenus = [[Animalia]]Urolophus

| phylumspecies = [[Chordata]]javanicus

| binomial_authorityauthority = ([[Eduard von Martens|E. von Martens]], 1864)

| classis = [[Chondrichthyes]]

| synonyms = *''Trygonoptera javanica'' <small>E. von Martens, 1864</small>

| subclassis = [[Elasmobranchii]]

| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Catalogue of Life|id=7DW7Y|title=''Urolophus javanicus''|access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>

| ordo = [[Myliobatiformes]]

| familia = [[Urolophidae]]

| genus = ''[[Urolophus]]''

| species = '''''U. javanicus'''''

| binomial = ''Urolophus javanicus''

| binomial_authority = ([[Eduard von Martens|E. von Martens]], 1864)

| synonyms = ''Trygonoptera javanica'' <small>E. von Martens, 1864</small>

}}

The '''Java stingaree''' ('''''Urolophus javanicus''''') was a [[species]] of [[Myliobatiformes|stingray]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Urolophidae]], known only from a single female specimen {{convert|33|cm|in|abbr=on}} long caught off [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. This species is characterized by an oval-shaped [[pectoral fin]] disc longer than wide, and a tail with a [[dorsal fin]] in front of the stinging spine and a [[caudal fin]]. It is brown above, with darker and lighter spots. The [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] has listed the Java stingaree as [[Extinction|Extinct]];<ref name="iucn status 31 December 2023" /> it has not been recorded since its discovery over 150 years ago, and its range is subject to heavy fishing pressure and [[habitat degradation]].

==Taxonomy==