Gymnura micrura (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2227-2228

Gymnura micrura (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Irvine name. Pteroplatea micrura (Schneider) .

Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 31)— BMNH 1930.3 .24.4 and BMNH 1930.8 .26.9 (two: 133 mm TL, 183 mm DW; 170 mm TL, 235 mm DW); Accra, October 1938 (Irvine 353)— BMNH 1963.8 .9.3 (one: 234 mm TL, 338 mm DW) .

Distribution. Off the mainland coast of West Africa from Senegal to the Congo (Quéro et al., 1990). Also known from New England to Rio Janeiro in the western Atlantic.