Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Myliobatiformes > Family Gymnuridae > Genus Gymnura

Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gymnura*	van Hasselt, 1823	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja altavela*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: aeroplankë; raja flutur therëse sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: spiny butterfly ray sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Schmetterlingsrochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Πλατυσέλαχο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: אגפית משוישת sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: atlantinė drugelinė raja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: ptaszyca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Атлантический скат-бабочка; гимнура; скат-бабочка sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: mantelina; raya de papel; raya mariposa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Turkish: kazikkuyruk baligi; kazıkkuyruk balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Атлантичний скат-метелик

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 1-354.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Gymnura altavela, by Flescher, D.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105856