Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Myliobatiformes

Family: Gymnuridae

Genus: Gymnura

Species: Gymnura poecilura (Shaw, 1804)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

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).

Habitat

demersal