Family Gymnuridae - Butterfly rays
  Order
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  Class
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Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 1 | Species : 14 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Atlantic, Indic and Pacific Oceans. Marine, rarely in estuaries. Outer anterior margin of pectorals continuous along side of head. Disc extremely broad. Dorsal fin and tail spines present or absent. Tail short.
  Etymology
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Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek,tail = tai ( Ref. 45335)..
  Reproductive guild
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bearers
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Species/Synonymy list for the family Gymnuridae as currently in FishBase

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The list below must not be used as an authority reference synonymy list like those found in scientific published revisions, which must be the source to be used and cited eventually when they exist.

Rather, it reflects the current content of FishBase, and the progress with respect to synchronization with the Catalog of Fishes. However, we think it can be useful for users to assess the quality of information in FishBase, to start new work on the family, or to cross-check with other lists.

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This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

Please send comments and corrections if you detect errors or missing names.

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
acceptedseniornew
Raja micrura Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymseniororiginal2
Pteroplatea micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymseniornew
! Gymnura micura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymseniornew
Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Raja altavela Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal2
Dasyatis altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Pteroplatea altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
! Gymmnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Raja maclura Lesueur, 1817
synonymjuniororiginal2
Pteroplatea canariensis Valenciennes, 1843
synonymjuniororiginal2
Dasyatis canariensis (Valenciennes, 1843)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Pteroplatea vaillantii Rochebrune, 1880
synonymjuniororiginal2
Gymnura poecilura (Shaw, 1804)
acceptedseniornew
Raja poecilura Shaw, 1804
synonymseniororiginal2
synonymseniornew
Trygon poecilurus (Shaw, 1804)
synonymseniornew
Urogymnus poecilura (Shaw, 1804)
synonymseniornew
Trygon kunsa (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymjuniornew
! Pastinaca kunsa Cuvier, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
Pteroplatea annulata Swainson, 1839
synonymjuniororiginal2
Raja pastinaca altavela (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Astrape dipterygia (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Dasyatis micrura (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Gymnura micrura (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pteroplatea micrura (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliednew
Ceratoptera ehrenbergi (non Müller & Henle, 1841)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pteroplatea hirundo (non Lowe, 1843)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Gymnura tentaculata (Müller & Henle, 1841)
acceptedseniornew
Aetoplatea tentaculata Müller & Henle, 1841
synonymseniororiginal2
Pteroplatea tentaculata (Müller & Henle, 1841)
synonymseniornew
Gymnura hirundo (Lowe, 1843)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Gymnura japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
acceptedseniornew
Pteroplatea japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
synonymseniororiginal2
! Gymmura japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
synonymseniornew
Gymnura zonura (Bleeker, 1852)
acceptedseniornew
! Aetoplatea zonurus Bleeker, 1852
synonymseniororiginal2
Aetoplatea zonura Bleeker, 1852
synonymseniororiginal
Pteroplatea zonura (Bleeker, 1852)
synonymseniornew
! Gymnura zonurus (Bleeker, 1852)
synonymseniornew
Gymnura marmorata (Cooper, 1864)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Gymnura crebripunctata (Peters, 1869)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Pteroplatea rava Jordan & Starks, 1895
synonymjuniororiginal2
Gymnura australis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
acceptedseniornew
Pteroplatea australis Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
synonymseniororiginal2
Gymnura natalensis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911)
acceptedseniornew
Pteroplatea natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911
synonymseniororiginal2
Urogymnus natalensis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911)
synonymseniornew
Gymnura bimaculata (Norman, 1925)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Gymnura crooki Fowler, 1934
acceptedseniororiginal2
Gymnura afuerae (Hildebrand, 1946)
acceptedseniornew
Pteroplatea afuerae Hildebrand, 1946
synonymseniororiginal2
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