Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > 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

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)

English-United States: spiny butterfly ray sources: english PESI focal point

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

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

Israel (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	Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105856