Gymnura japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Japanese butterflyray
Gymnura japonica
photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

 Family:  Gymnuridae (Butterfly rays)
 Max. size:  100 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal
 Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: southern Japan to the China seas. Possibly in Thailand (Ref. 9918). Reported from India (Ref. 45255).
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Inhabits sandy or muddy bottom in shallow waters (Ref. 11230). Feeds on benthic animals. Spines covered with skin with poisonous glands. Ovoviviparous. Used as 'kamaboko' material (Ref. 637). Caught often by demersal trawl, trammel and gillnet fisheries, and occasionally using tangle nets.Utilized for its meat, but of limited value due to its typically small size (Ref.58048).
 IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  venomous
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 04.08.94
 Modified by: Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen - 19.08.09
 Checked by: Compagno, Leonard J.V. - 05.10.95

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