Gymnura lessae
No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)
Myliobatiformes (Stingrays)
Gymnuridae (Butterfly Rays)
Gymnura
Gymnura lessae
Description
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Characters
Body shape: other.
Distribution
Western Atlantic: USA, from southern Massachusetts and Buzzards Bay to the Gulf of Mexico (including the Gulf Coast of the US and Mexico). And probably may be extended to the northern Caribbean Sea (Bahamas and Jamaica).
Habitat Associations
Marine. demersal.
Biology
This demersal species lives along the coast on sandy and muddy bottoms. Reported stomach contents include fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrates. This species is matrotophic viviparous (lipid histotrophy). Young are reported to be produced from late May through July and into August, and probably even later in the season. Pregnancy is reported to occur during the summer months (Ref. 116399).
Max length: 60.9 cm WD.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2019-07-19.
References
Yokota, L. and M.R. de Carvalho (2017) Taxonomic and morphological revision of butterfly rays of Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) species complex, with the description of two new species (Myliobatiformes: Gymnuridae). Zootaxa 4332(1):1-74.
Comments On Gymnura lessae