Gymnura Crebripunctata
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''Gymnura crebripunctata'', the longsnout butterfly ray, is a type of marine tropical ray mainly found in Eastern Central
Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...
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Description

Little is known about this species biology, except it is known to reproduce ovoviviparously and might reach a maximum size of 31 cm for mature male specimens.


Habitat & distribution

This ray inhabits the muddy substrates, lagoons, estuaries, and coastal regions from
Gulf of California The Gulf of California (), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Vermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from ...
to
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It lives at a maximum depth of 30 m. It is also often caught accidentally by artisanal fisheries and trawlers operating around Gulf of California.


References

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