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Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Gymnuridae Butterfly rays

Genus: Gymnura

(See list of species below)


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16 species (see list below)
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Photo by Béarez, P.

Southeast Pacific

Gymnura afuerae (Hildebrand, 1946)

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Gymnura afuerae
[]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 400 cm WD
Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Flescher, D.
 
Gymnura altavela
[Spiny butterfly ray]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 94 cm WD
Gymnura australis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)

Photo by Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Gymnura australis
[Australian butterfly ray]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Northwest Pacific

Gymnura bimaculata (Norman, 1925)

Photo by Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Gymnura bimaculata
[Twin-spot butterfly ray]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 31 cm TL
Gymnura crebripunctata (Peters, 1869)

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Gymnura crebripunctata
[Longsnout butterfly ray]
No picture found
 
Gymnura crooki
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 167 cm WD
 
Gymnura hirundo
[Madeira butterfly ray]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Gymnura japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)

Photo by Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Gymnura japonica
[Japanese butterflyray]
No picture found

Max. Length 110 cm WD
 
Gymnura lessae
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Gymnura marmorata (Cooper, 1864)

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Gymnura marmorata
[California butterfly ray]

Photo by JAMARC

Southwestern Atlantic
Max. Length 137 cm WD
Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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Gymnura micrura
[Smooth butterfly ray]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic and We
Max. Length 250 cm WD
Gymnura natalensis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911)

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Gymnura natalensis
[Butterfly ray]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 250 cm WD
Gymnura poecilura (Shaw, 1804)

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Gymnura poecilura
[Long-tailed butterfly ray]
No picture found

Max. Length 74.8 cm WD
 
Gymnura sereti
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Pacific

Gymnura tentaculata (Müller & Henle, 1841)

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Gymnura tentaculata
[Tentacled butterfly ray]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Eastern Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 106 cm WD
Gymnura zonura (Bleeker, 1852)

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Gymnura zonura
[Zonetail butterfly ray]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gymnura afuerae Southeast Pacific 1946
Gymnura altavela Spiny butterfly ray Western Atlantic 400 WD 1758
Gymnura australis Australian butterfly ray Indo-West Pacific 94 WD 1886
Gymnura bimaculata Twin-spot butterfly ray Northwest Pacific 1925
Gymnura crebripunctata Longsnout butterfly ray Eastern Central Pacific 31 TL 1869
Gymnura crooki Northwest Pacific 1934
Gymnura hirundo Madeira butterfly ray Eastern Central Atlantic 167 WD 1843
Gymnura japonica Japanese butterflyray Northwest Pacific 100 TL 1850
Gymnura lessae Western Atlantic 110 WD 2017
Gymnura marmorata California butterfly ray Eastern Pacific 100 TL 1864
Gymnura micrura Smooth butterfly ray Southwestern Atlantic 137 WD 1801
Gymnura natalensis Butterfly ray Southeast Atlantic and We 250 WD 1911
Gymnura poecilura Long-tailed butterfly ray Indo-Pacific 250 WD 1804
Gymnura sereti Eastern Atlantic 74.8 WD 2017
Gymnura tentaculata Tentacled butterfly ray Western Central Pacific 1841
Gymnura zonura Zonetail butterfly ray Eastern Indian Ocean and 106 WD 1852



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