@Kyle Dettloff (inaturalist.org)
Smooth butterfly ray Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Gymnura micrura
Family : Gymnuridae
Order : Myliobatiformes
Class : Elasmobranchii
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Continental shelf and soft bottoms
Description : Smooth butterfly ray is a broad and diamond-shaped ray.It possesses a very short tail.Upper surface gray,brown,light green or purple in colour.Upper surface bears round spots.Lower surface white in colour.
Other Species from Group
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Mobula eregoodootenkee
(Longhorned Pygmy Devil Ray) -
Aetobatus narinari
(Spotted Eagle Ray) -
Himantura marginata
(Black-edged Stingray) -
Gymnura poecilura
(Longtail Butterfly Ray) -
Aetomylaeus maculatus
(Mottled Eagle Ray) -
Himantura uarnak
(Reticulate Whipray) -
Brevitrygon walga
(Scaly whipray) -
Brevitrygon imbricata
(Scaly whipray) -
Aetomylaeus nichofii
(Banded Eagle Ray)
