Family : Gymnuridae (Butterfly rays)
Order : Rajiformes  (skates and rays)
Class : Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
Fishbase Name : Zonetail butterfly ray
Fish Name : Aetoplatea zonura
Max size : 106 cm WD (male/unsexed; Ref. 58048)
Environment : reef-associated ; depth range 28 - 37 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec assumed to be Distribution : Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific: India to Indonesia, including Singapore and Thailand.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Demersal inshore, in shallow depths to at least 37 m (Ref.58048). Also found offshore (Ref. 9918). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Smallest individual was 27 cm WD. Caught often by demersal trawl, trammel and gillnet fisheries, and occasionally using tangle nets. Utilized for its meat, but of limited value due to its typically small size (Ref.58048)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : venomous , Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak. 1996
Coordinator : McEachran, John
Main Ref : Compagno, L.J.V.. 1999. (Ref. 35766)

India country information
Common Names : Bleeker's butterfly-ray
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses