Biology:Backwater butterfly ray
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Short description: Species of fish
| Backwater butterfly ray | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Gymnuridae |
| Genus: | Gymnura |
| Species: | G. natalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnura natalensis (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1911)
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The backwater butterfly ray, butterfly ray, diamond ray, or short-tailed ray (Gymnura natalensis) is a species of fish in the family Gymnuridae. It is found in Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa , possibly Kenya, and possibly Tanzania. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, estuarine waters, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was considered common from 1940s-1960s.
References
- ↑ Pollom, R.; Da Silva, C.; Fennessy, S.; Fernando, S.; Gledhill, K.; McCord, M.E.; Van der Bank, M.; Winker, H. (2019). "Gymnura natalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T60116A124440092. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60116A124440092.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60116/124440092. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q3643304 entry
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