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Gymnura  van Hasselt, 1823
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160960

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): butterfly rays [English]
  
    stingrays [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2003    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassChondrichthyes  -- cartilaginous fishes, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, poissons cartilagineux, raies, rays, requins, sharks, tubarăo  
             SubclassElasmobranchii  -- cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                SuperorderEuselachii   
                   OrderMyliobatiformes  -- stingrays  
                      FamilyGymnuridae Fowler, 1934 -- butterfly rays, raies-papillons, rayas mariposa  
                         GenusGymnura van Hasselt, 1823 -- butterfly rays, stingrays  
    Direct Children:  
                            Species Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758) -- raya de papel, spiny butterfly ray 
                            Species Gymnura australis (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1886)  
                            Species Gymnura bimaculata (Norman, 1925)  
                            Species Gymnura crebripunctata (Peters, 1869) -- longsnout butterfly ray, raya mariposa picuda 
                            Species Gymnura hirundo (Lowe, 1843)  
                            Species Gymnura japonica (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850)  
                            Species Gymnura marmorata (Cooper, 1864) -- California butterfly ray, raya mariposa californiana 
                            Species Gymnura micrura (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- raya cola de rata, smooth butterfly ray 
                            Species Gymnura natalensis (Gilchrist and Thompson, 1911)  
                            Species Gymnura poecilura (Shaw, 1804)  
                            Species Gymnura tentaculata (Müller and Henle, 1841)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 01-Oct-2002, website (version 15-Feb-02)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Gymnura   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnura   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnura   
       

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