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Butterfly ray

Index Butterfly ray

The butterfly rays are the rays forming the genus Gymnura and the family Gymnuridae. [1]

39 relations: Animal, Australian butterfly ray, Backwater butterfly ray, Batoidea, California butterfly ray, Carl Linnaeus, Chondrichthyes, Chordate, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, CSIRO, Edward Pierson Ramsay, Elasmobranchii, Estuary, Fish fin, FishBase, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, George Shaw, Gymnura japonica, Henry Weed Fowler, Hermann Schlegel, Integrated Taxonomic Information System, James Douglas Ogilby, James Graham Cooper, Johan Conrad van Hasselt, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Johannes Peter Müller, John Gilchrist (zoologist), Longtail butterfly ray, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Myliobatiformes, Pieter Bleeker, Smooth butterfly ray, Spiny butterfly ray, Synonym (taxonomy), Whiptail stingray, Wilhelm Peters, William Wardlaw Thompson, Zonetail butterfly ray, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Australian butterfly ray

The Australian butterfly ray (Gymnura australis) is a species of butterfly ray, family Gymnuridae.

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Backwater butterfly ray

The backwater butterfly ray, butterfly ray, diamond ray, or short-tailed ray (Gymnura natalensis) is a species of fish in the Gymnuridae family.

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Batoidea

Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays.

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California butterfly ray

The California butterfly ray (Gymnura marmorata) is a species of ray in the family Gymnuridae.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes (from Greek χονδρ- chondr- 'cartilage', ἰχθύς ichthys 'fish') is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes: they are jawed vertebrates with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Coenraad Jacob Temminck (31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist, and museum director.

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CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an independent Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research.

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Edward Pierson Ramsay

Edward Pierson Ramsay FRSEFLS LLD (3 December 1842 – 16 December 1916) was an Australian zoologist who specialised in ornithology.

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Elasmobranchii

Elasmobranchii is a subclass of Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, including the sharks (superorder Selachii) and the rays, skates, and sawfish (superorder Batoidea).

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Fish fin

Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.

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FishBase

FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).

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Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (9 July 1809 – 13 May 1885) was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist.

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George Shaw

George Kearsley Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist.

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Gymnura japonica

The Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica) is a species of ray in the family Gymnuridae.

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Henry Weed Fowler

Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.

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Hermann Schlegel

Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species.

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James Douglas Ogilby

James Douglas Ogilby (16 February 1853 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian ichthyologist and herpetologist.

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James Graham Cooper

James Graham Cooper (June 19, 1830 – July 19, 1902) was an American surgeon and naturalist.

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Johan Conrad van Hasselt

Johan Conrad van Hasselt (occasionally Johan Conrad van Hasselt), born 24 June 1797, in Doesburg – died 8 September 1823, was a Dutch physician, zoologist, botanist and mycologist.

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Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider

Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (18 January 1750 – 12 January 1822) was a German classicist and naturalist.

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Johannes Peter Müller

Johannes Peter Müller (14 July 1801 – 28 April 1858) was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist, known not only for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.

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John Gilchrist (zoologist)

John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926) was a Scottish ichthyologist, noted for his work in South Africa.

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Longtail butterfly ray

The longtail butterfly ray (Gymnura poecilura) is a species of butterfly ray, family Gymnuridae, native to the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to southern Japan and western Indonesia.

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Marcus Elieser Bloch

Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) was a German medical doctor and naturalist.

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Myliobatiformes

Myliobatiformes is one of the four orders of batoids, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks.

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Pieter Bleeker

Pieter Bleeker (July 10, 1819, Zaandam – January 24, 1878, The Hague) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Smooth butterfly ray

The smooth butterfly ray (Gymnura micrura) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the Gymnuridae family.

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Spiny butterfly ray

The spiny butterfly ray or giant butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela) is a species of butterfly ray, family Gymnuridae, native to the shallow coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name,''ICN'', "Glossary", entry for "synonym" although the term is used somewhat differently in the zoological code of nomenclature.

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Whiptail stingray

The whiptail stingrays are a family, the Dasyatidae, of rays in the order Myliobatiformes.

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Wilhelm Peters

Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer.

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William Wardlaw Thompson

William Wardlaw Thompson (date of birth unknown - died 1917) was a South African ichthyologist and zoologist.

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Zonetail butterfly ray

The zonetail butterfly ray (Gymnura zonura) is a species of fish in the Gymnuridae family.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae is a book written by Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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Aetoplatea, Butterfly Ray, Gymnura, Gymnurid, Gymnuridae, Gymnurinae, Pteroplatea.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_ray

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