The backwater butterfly ray, butterfly ray, diamond ray, or short-tailed ray (''Gymnura natalensis'') is a species of
fish in the family
Gymnuridae. It is found in
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa, possibly
Kenya, and possibly
Tanzania. Its natural
habitats are open
seas, shallow seas,
estuarine
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environment ...
waters, and coastal saline
lagoons. It is threatened by
habitat loss. It was considered common from 1940s-1960s.
References
Gymnura
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fish described in 1911
Taxa named by John Dow Fisher Gilchrist
Taxa named by William Wardlaw Thompson
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