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Gymnura altavela Spiny butterfly ray

Gymnura altavela is commonly referred to as Spiny butterfly ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Foto: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Kanarische Inseln

/ Dezember 2020
Courtesy of the author Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
15497 
AphiaID:
105856 
Scientific:
Gymnura altavela 
German:
Schmetterlingsrochen 
English:
Spiny Butterfly Ray 
Category:
Rokker 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Gymnuridae (Family) > Gymnura (Genus) > altavela (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Russland, Straße von Gibraltar, Ghana, Tunesien, Gambia, West Sahara, Benin, the Black Sea, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Congo, Cyprus, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Mexico, Italy, Liberia, Madeira, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Romania, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Uruguay, West Africa, Western Australia 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Brackish water, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Unconsolidated muddy grounds 
Size:
up to 102.36" (260 cm) 
Weight:
80 kg 
Temperature:
58.82 °F - 82.04 °F (14.9°C - 27.8°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Detritus, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Schrimps, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Endangered (EN) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-01-15 14:41:44 

Info

Gymnura altavela gets its German name "Schmetterlingsrochen" (butterfly ray) from its body shape, which resembles the wing posture of a sitting moth.

The ray has a short tail and is armed with spines.
The body disc is very wide, the ray has very low dorsal and ventral fin folds.
The body disc is dark brown to grayish, the underside of the disc and pelvic fins are white, brownish, pinkish or rusty.
The tail is white or pinkish-white on the underside.

The butterfly ray is currently frequently observed around Mallorca.
Due to its size, it is suitable for large display aquariums at most.

Predator: Its size still does not protect the ray from large hammerhead sharks!

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We would like to thank Dennis Rabeling for the first photo of this species.

Synonyms:
Dasyatis altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dasyatis canariensis (Valenciennes, 1843)
Gymmnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pteroplatea altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pteroplatea binotata Lunel, 1879
Pteroplatea canariensis Valenciennes, 1843
Pteroplatea vaillantii Rochebrune, 1880
Pteroplatea valenciennii Duméril, 1865
Raja altavela Linnaeus, 1758
Raja maclura Lesueur, 1817

External links

  1. Age and growth assessment of western North Atlantic spiny butterfly ray Gymnura altavela (L. 1758) using computed tomography of vertebral centra (en). Abgerufen am 14.01.2023.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 14.01.2023.
  3. Florida Museum of Natural History (en). Abgerufen am 14.01.2023.
  4. Reproductive biology of three ray species: Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), Dasyatis guttata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) and Dasyatis marianae Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000, caught by artisanal fisheries in Northeastern Brazil (en). Abgerufen am 14.01.2023.
  5. Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 14.01.2023.
  6. Spatio-temporal patterns of abundance, biomass and length-weight relationships of Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Gymnuridae) in the Gulf of Antalya, Turkey (Levantine Sea) (en). Abgerufen am 14.01.2023.
  7. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition],. Abgerufen am 14.01.2023.

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Gymnura altavela,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024
Foto: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Kanarische Inseln

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