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The butterfly rays are a family, Gymnuridae, of rays. They are characterized by an extremely broad disc and a very short tail.
Classification McEachran et al. place the butterfly rays in the subfamily Gymnurinae of the family Dasyatidae,• but this article follows FishBase and ITIS in treating them as a family.•• There are fourteen species in two genera: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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