Gymnura micrura, Smooth butterfly ray : fisheries

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Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Smooth butterfly ray
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Gymnura micrura   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
ارفع صور و مقاطع فيديو
Pictures | Sounds | صور قوقل
Image of Gymnura micrura (Smooth butterfly ray)
Gymnura micrura
Female picture by JAMARC

التصنيف / Names الأسماء الشائعة | مرادفات | Catalog of Fishes(جنس, الانواع) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

أشلاق (القروش و الشفانين) (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Gymnuridae (Butterfly rays)
Etymology: Gymnura: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range البيئة

بحري; مياه مخلوطة القاع; نطاق العمق ? - 55 m (Ref. 27549). Deep-water

التوزيع دول | مناطق الفاو | النظام البيئي | الظهور | Point map | مقدمة | Faunafri

Southwestern Atlantic: Venezuela, including Trinidad and Tobago, to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).

Length at first maturity / الحجم / وزن / العمر

Maturity: Lm 35.0, range 34 - 50 cm
Max length : 137 cm WD ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 4439); common length : 90.0 cm WD ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 5217); أعلا وزن تم نشرة: 0.00 g

وصف مختصر الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي

Broad, diamond-shaped ray with a very short tail lacking a dorsal spine (Ref. 26938). Snout protruding. Front edges of disk concave. Tail with low dorsal and ventral finfolds and 3 - 4 dark crossbars (Ref. 7251). Upper surface gray, brown, light green or purple with round spots. Lower surface white (Ref. 6902).

أحياء     المصطلحات (على سبيل المثال epibenthic)

Prefers neritic waters of the continental shelf and usually found on soft bottoms. May enter brackish estuaries or hyper-saline lagoons (Ref. 5217). Feeds on fish and shrimps (Ref. 28587); other crustaceans and clams (Ref. 27549). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Generally marketed salted (Ref. 5217).

Life cycle and mating behavior النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae

Exhibit ovoviparity (aplacental viviparity), with embryos feeding initially on yolk, then receiving additional nourishment from the mother by indirect absorption of uterine fluid enriched with mucus, fat or protein through specialised structures (Ref. 50449). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

المرجع الرئيسي Upload your references | مراجع | المنظم : McEachran, John | المتعاونين

Yokota, L. and M.R. de Carvalho, 2017. Taxonomic and morphological revision of butterfly rays of Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) species complex, with the description of two new species (Myliobatiformes: Gymnuridae). Zootaxa 4332(1):1-74. (Ref. 116399)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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