GYMNURIDAE, Fowler, 1934
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Felipe |
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The butterfly rays were included in the Dasyatidae by Irvine but are generally considered a separate family (Nelson, 1994). Two species occur off tropical West Africa (Poll, 1951; McEachran and Séret in Quéro et al., 1990: 64–66) and both were recorded by Irvine.
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