Gymnura poecilura Long-tailed butterfly ray

Gymnura poecilura is commonly referred to as Long-tailed butterfly ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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lexID:

9717 

AphiaID:

215611 

Scientific:

Gymnura poecilura 

German:

Rochen 

English:

Long-tailed Butterfly Ray 

Category:

Rokker 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Gymnuridae (Family) > Gymnura (Genus) > poecilura (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Shaw, ), 1804 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bahrain, China, French Polynesia, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam 

Size:

up to 39.37" (100 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crustaceans 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Gymnura afuerae
• 
  Gymnura altavela
  Schmetterlingsrochen
• 
  Gymnura australis
  Australischer Schmetterlingsrochen
• Gymnura bimaculata
• Gymnura crebripunctata
• Gymnura crooki
• Gymnura hirundo
• Gymnura japonica
• Gymnura marmorata
• Gymnura micrura
• Gymnura natalensis
• 
  Gymnura poecilura
  Rochen
• Gymnura tentaculata
• Gymnura zonura
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-05-17 07:24:04 

Last edit:

2016-05-17 07:24:04 

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