Backwater butterfly ray
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See also: Diamond stingray
| Backwater butterfly ray | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Gymnuridae |
| Genus: | Gymnura |
| Species: | G. natalensis |
| 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 Gymnuridae family. 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.
[edit] Source
- Wintner, S.P. 2005. Gymnura natalensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
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