TaiBNET

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Myliobatiformes
Family Gymnuridae
Genus Gymnura
Gymnura zonura (Bleeker, 1852)

Provider:

Kwang-Tsao Shao

Synonyms：

Aetoplatea zonura, Aetoplatea zonurus, Gymnura zonurus, Pteroplatea zonura

Citation:

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);

臺灣產土魟科魚類之系統分類研究（張弘俊，1985）

Character:

Disc very broad, twice as wide as long, Head very broad and flattened. Snout blunt, short, with a small prominence at end of snout. Eyes small, 2.5 in snout. Spiracles larger than eyes, close behind it. No tentacle behind the spiracles. Mouth side, waved. Teeth small, similar in both jaws. Nostrils large, oblique; nasal flap nearly straight, barely fringed. One small dorsal fin, small, rounded, before the serrated spine. Tail small, short, with low cutaneous fold on under surface of tail. Specimen in formalin black brown on the back with numerous minute rounded, oblong, irregular blackish dots; lower surface white. Tail with row of large longitudinally oval blackish spots above, white below.

Habitat:

Found inshore and offshore. Ovoviviparous.

Distribution:

Singapore, Batavia, East Indies, Taiwan.

Name Code:

395482

IUCN Red List:EN A2d

Marine