Scientific Name	Gymnura zonura			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1852)	Depth	- M
Chinese	菱燕魟	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	燕魟科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F057　Gymnuridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	條尾燕魟
Max Length	48 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	魴仔
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	West
Habitats		Holotype Locality	Jakarta [Batavia], Java, Indonesia
Synonyms	Aetoplatea zonura, Aetoplatea zonurus, Gymnura zonurus, Pteroplatea zonura
Reference	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）
Specimen List	ASIZP0054805. ASIZP0059923. ASIZP0060302. ASIZP0060918. ASIZP0063683. ASIZP0066505. ASIZP0073598. ASIZP0078406. ASIZP0078407. ASIZP0080866. ASIZP0801359. ASIZP0806147. ASIZP0807165. ASIZP0807166. ASIZP0807737. ASIZP0900292. ASIZP0900489. ASIZP0911359. ASIZP0916147. ASIZP0917165. ASIZP0917166. ASIZP0917737. FRIP21701. FRIP22374. NMMBP01261. NMMBP06291. NMMSTP00547. NTUM06676.
Barcode	2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Zonetail butterfly ray
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	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.
habitats	Found inshore and offshore. Ovoviviparous.
Distribution	Singapore, Batavia, East Indies, Taiwan.
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