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Gymnuridae
Japanese butterflyray
Gymnura japonica
Poison glands hide beneath skin around the tail spine
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
LargeJapanese butterflyray is a marine fish found around Northwest Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 100 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Stingrays
- Family
- Gymnuridae
- Genus
- Gymnura
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: southern Japan to the China seas. Possibly in Thailand (Ref. 9918 ). Reported from India (Ref. 45255 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
