Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Gymnuridae > Gymnura > Gymnura altavelaGymnura altavela (Spiny butterfly ray; Giant butterfly ray; Butterfly ray)Synonyms: Dasyatis altavela; Dasyatis canariensis; Gymmnura altavela; Pteroplatea altavela; Pteroplatea binotata; Pteroplatea canariensis; Pteroplatea vaillantii; Pteroplatea valenciennii; Raja altavela; Raja maclura Language: Albanian; Arabic; Catalan; Chinese; Croatian; Czech; Danish; Dutch; Finnish; French; German; Greek; Italian; Maltese; Mandarin Chinese; Norwegian; Polish; Portuguese; Russian; Serbian; Spanish; Swedish; Turkish; Wolof The spiny butterfly ray or giant butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela) is a species of butterfly ray, family Gymnuridae, native to the shallow coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean. A large ray that can measure over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) across, it may be distinguished from the sympatric smooth butterfly ray (G. micrura) by the spine at the base of its tail and by a small tentacular structure on the margin of each spiracle. Slow-reproducing and valued for its meat, in recent decades its population has experienced a decline of over 30%, and it has become Critically Endangered in certain parts of its range. |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras
(Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015; ♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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