Longtail butterfly ray शवेता, പെരും തിരണ്ടി, அடவனீ தீருக்கை, പെരും തിരണ്ടി , టెంకీ కుంసుల్ , టప్పు కూటి , रांधगी, அத்வாணி திருக்கை, Advani-tiriki, Longtailed butterfly-ray, Perum-thirandi, Randgi, Shveta, Tappu-cooti, Tenkee-kunsul
Family : Gymnuridae (Butterfly rays)
Order : Rajiformes (skates and rays)
Class : Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
Fishbase Name : Longtail butterfly ray
Fish Name : Gymnura poecilura
Max size : 250 cm WD (male/unsexed; Ref. 30573)
Environment : demersal
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec assumed to be
Distribution : Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to French Polynesia, north to Japan.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found on sandy bottoms of shallow inshore waters and offshore banks (Ref. 30573). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Caught often in demersal trawls, and occasionally by trammel net. Utilized for its meat, but of limited value due to its typically small size (Ref.58048)
Threatened : Dangerous:
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : McEachran, John
Main Ref : Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers. 1996. (Ref. 30573)
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Common Names : शवेता, പെരും തിരണ്ടി, அடவனீ தீருக்கை, പെരും തിരണ്ടി , టెంకీ కుంసుల్ , టప్పు కూటి , रांधगी, அத்வாணி திருக்கை, Advani-tiriki, Longtailed butterfly-ray, Perum-thirandi, Randgi, Shveta, Tappu-cooti, Tenkee-kunsul
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses
