WoRMS taxon details
Gymnura marmorata (Cooper, 1864)
271479 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271479)
accepted
Species
Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864) Cooper, J. G. (1864). On new genera and species of Californian fishes - No. III. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1).</em> v. 3 (sigs. 7-8): 108-114. [Pp. 113-114 in signature 8, Mar. 1864.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnura marmorata (Cooper, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271479 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864) Cooper, J. G. (1864). On new genera and species of Californian fishes - No. III. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1).</em> v. 3 (sigs. 7-8): 108-114. [Pp. 113-114 in signature 8, Mar. 1864.]. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | California butterfly ray | [details] |
| Spanish | raya mariposa californiana | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnura marmorata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnura marmorata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper, 1864)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS