Taxonomy of Finfish (1+2)

GYMNURA POECILURA

Gymnura poecilura (Shaw,1804)

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes

Subclass : Elasmobranchii

Order Myliobatiformes

Family : Gemnuridae – Butterfly rays

Genera : Gymnura Species : G. poecilura

Gymnura

• No dorsal fin, or a rudimentary dorsal fin;
• dorsal surface of disc uniform brown or yellowish-brown or with scattered dark and light spots

G. poecilura (Shaw, 1804)

• Tail from cloaca to tip nearly as long as snout-vent length; about 9 black bands on tail