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Family: Gymnuridae Butterfly rays



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14 species (see list below)

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Photo by Béarez, P.

Southeast Pacific

Gymnura afuerae (Hildebrand, 1946)

Photo by Béarez, P.
 
Gymnura afuerae
[]

Photo by Flescher, D.

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

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

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 73 cm WD
Gymnura australis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)

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 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 Robertson, R.
 
Gymnura crebripunctata
[Longsnout butterfly ray]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific

 
Gymnura crooki
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Atlantic
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 The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Gymnura japonica
[Japanese butterflyray]

Photo by Robertson, R.

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

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Gymnura marmorata
[California butterfly ray]

Photo by JAMARC

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

Photo by JAMARC
 
Gymnura micrura
[Smooth butterfly ray]

Photo by SFSA

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

Photo by SFSA
 
Gymnura natalensis
[Butterfly ray]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

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

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Gymnura poecilura
[Long-tailed butterfly ray]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Pacific

Gymnura tentaculata (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Photo by FAO
 
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)

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Gymnura zonura
[Zonetail butterfly ray]
14 Species of Family Gymnuridae
(Butterfly rays)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1946 Gymnura afuerae Southeast Pacific
1758 Gymnura altavela Spiny butterfly ray Western Atlantic 400 WD
1886 Gymnura australis Australian butterfly ray Indo-West Pacific 73 WD
1925 Gymnura bimaculata Twin-spot butterfly ray Northwest Pacific
1869 Gymnura crebripunctata Longsnout butterfly ray Eastern Central Pacific 31 TL
1934 Gymnura crooki Northwest Pacific
1843 Gymnura hirundo Madeira butterfly ray Eastern Central Atlantic 167 WD
1850 Gymnura japonica Japanese butterflyray Northwest Pacific 100 TL
1864 Gymnura marmorata California butterfly ray Eastern Pacific 100 TL
1801 Gymnura micrura Smooth butterfly ray Western Atlantic 137 WD
1911 Gymnura natalensis Butterfly ray Southeast Atlantic and We 250 WD
1804 Gymnura poecilura Long-tailed butterfly ray Indo-Pacific 250 WD
1841 Gymnura tentaculata Tentacled butterfly ray Western Central Pacific
1852 Gymnura zonura Zonetail butterfly ray Eastern Indian Ocean and 106 WD



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