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Australian Butterfly Ray, Swimming

Reference

IB2929

Category

Sharks and Rays

Family Name

Butterfly Rays - GYMNURIDAE

Common Name

Australian Butterfly Ray, Swimming

Scientific Name

Gymnura australis

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

The Australian Butterfly Ray grows to a width of about 70 cm. Little is known of its biology, but it is known to be a bottom dweller that spends much of its time immobile and covered with a layer of sand.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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