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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Rajiformes (order) » Gymnuridae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 037001 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Gymnura australis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
 Expected distribution shown as red polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Occurrence locations [594] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) @CSIRO 2021 | ||
| Family: | Gymnuridae (Butterfly Rays) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | Australian Butterfly Ray | |
| Common Names List: | Australian butterfly ray ray | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Coastal (0-50m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 037901
Gymnura spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a butterfly ray |
| Common/Standard Name Notes: | "ray" is the marketing name for this species | ||||||||
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