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Gymnuridae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Elasmobranchii › Myliobatiformes › Gymnuridae

This is a detailed description of the physical traits, distribution, behavior, and biology of the spiny butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela).

Gymnura marmorata, the California butterfly ray, is a gymnurid ray found along the Pacific coast of the Americas in varied coastal habitats.

Gymnura poecilura, the longtail butterfly ray, is a widespread Indo-Pacific bottom-dwelling ray with distinctive banded tails.

Gymnura lessae is a diamond-shaped butterfly ray found in western Atlantic neritic waters from the US East Coast to southern Mexico.

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