- Longtail butterfly ray
Taxobox
name = Longtail butterfly ray
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
ordo =Rajiformes
familia =Gymnuridae
genus = "Gymnura "
species = "G. poecilura"
binomial = "Gymnura poecilura"
binomial_authority = (Shaw, 1804)
synonyms = The longtail butterfly ray ("Gymnura poecilura") is a species offish in theGymnuridae family. It is found inChina ,Egypt ,Eritrea ,French Polynesia ,India ,Indonesia ,Japan ,Malaysia ,Oman ,Pakistan , thePhilippines ,Saudi Arabia ,Somalia ,Sri Lanka ,Sudan ,Thailand ,Vietnam ,Yemen , and possiblyDjibouti . Its naturalhabitat s are opensea s, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds,coral reef s,estuarine waters, intertidalmarsh es, and coastal salinelagoon s.ource
* Bizzarro, J.J. & White, W.T. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60117/all Gymnura poecilura] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on
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