Longtail butterfly ray
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| Gymnura poecilura (Shaw, 1804) |
The longtail butterfly ray (Gymnura poecilura) is a species of fish in the Gymnuridae family. It is found in China, Egypt, Eritrea, French Polynesia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen, and possibly Djibouti. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, coral reefs, estuarine waters, intertidal marshes, and coastal saline lagoons.
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- Bizzarro, J.J. & White, W.T. 2005. Gymnura poecilura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 03 August 2007.

