Gymnura poecilura | Literature

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Misra, K.S. (1947)
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Setna, S.B. & Sarangdhar, P.N. (1949)
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Misra, K.S. & Menon, M.A.S. (1955)
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Krefft, G. (1961)
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Misra, K.S. (1969)
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Stehmann, M. (1985)
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Carpenter, K.E. & Krupp, F. & Jones, D.A. & Zajonz, U. (1997)
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Mould, B. (1997)
Classification of the recent Elasmobranchii. Copyright Brian Mould 1997

Devadoss, P. (1998)
Observations on the breeding and development in some batoid fishes. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 45(3), 271–283

Moron, J. & Bertrand, B. & Last, P.R. (1998)
A check-list of sharks and rays of western Sri Lanka. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 40(1–2), 142–157

Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (1999)
FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes. part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Rome, FAO. 1999: 1397–2068

Ni, I.H. & Kwok, K.-Y. (1999)
Marine Fish Fauna in Hong Kong Waters Zoological Studies, 38(2), 130–152

Vossoughi, G.H. & Vosoughi, A.R. (1999)
Study of batoid fishes in northern part of Hormoz Strait, with emphasis on some species new to the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 46, 301–306

Randall, J.E. & Lim, K.K.P. (2000)
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Manjaji, B.M. (2002)
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Vidthayanon, C. (2002)
Elasmobranch diversity and status in Thailand. In Elasmobranch Biodiversity, Conservation and Management. Proceedings of the conference on Shark and Ray Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, Sabah, Malaysia, July 1997. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland: 104–113

Yoda, M. & Tokimura, M. & Horikawa, H. & Yamada, U. (2002)
A catalogue of fishes from the East China and Yellow seas with their local names. Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Nagasaki, iii+42 pp.(in Japanese)

Raje, S.G. & Joshi, K.K. (2003)
Status of exploited marine fishery resources of India. Part 12: Elasmobranchs In JOSEPH, M.M. & JAYAPRAKASH, A.A.(ed.), Status of exploited marine fishery resources of India: 92–101

Bonfil, R. & Abdallah, M. (2004)
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Compagno, L.J.V. (2005)
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Rajyalakshmi, I. & Sreeramulu, K. (2005)
Hysterothylacium poecilurai n. sp (Nematoda : Anisakidae) from the stomach of marine ray fishes of bheemunipatam (Ahdhra Pradesh). Journal of Parasitology and Applied Animal Biology, 14(1–2), 27–32

Bizzarro, J.J. & White, W.T. (2006)
Gymnura poecilura IUCN 2012, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2012.2, https://www.iucnredlist.org

White, W.T. & Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. & Yearsley, G.K. & Fahmi, D. & Dharmadi (2006)
Economically important sharks and rays of Indonesia. ACIAR Monograph series, 124: 1–329

de Silva, R.I. (2006)
Taxonomy and Status of the Sharks and Rays of Sri Lanka. In The Fauna of Sri Lanka(2006): 294–301

Henderson, A.C. & Mcilwain, J.L. & Al-Oufi, H.S. & Al-Sheili, S. (2007)
The Sultanate of Oman shark fishery: Species composition, seasonality and diversity. Fisheries Research, 86(2–3), 159–168
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Raje, S.G. & Sivakami, S. & Raj, G.M. & Kumar, P.P.M. & Raju, A. & Joshi, K.K. (2007)
An Atlas on the Elasmobranch fishery resources of India. CMFRI, Special Publication, 95, 1–253

Verlecar, X.N. & Snigdha & Desai, S.R. & Dhargalkar, V.K. (2007)
Shark hunting - an indiscriminate trade endangering elasmobranchs to extinction. Current Science, 92(8), 1078–1082

White, W.T. & Dharmadi (2007)
Species and size compositions and reproductive biology of rays (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea) caught in target and non-target fisheries in eastern Indonesia. Journal of Fish Biology, 70(6), 1809–1837
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Béarez, P. & Kerneur, S. & Gabsi, Z. (2008)
New record of a surgeonfish from Oman with notes on some uncommon rays. Cybium, 32(4), 355–358

Ward, R.D. & Holmes, B.H. & White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2008)
DNA barcoding Australasian chondrichthyans: results and potential uses in conservation. Marine and Freshwater Research, 59(1), 57–71
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Claereboudt, M.R. & Henderson, A.C. (2009)
Rapid morphometric measurement of stingrays using digital photography [Abstract]. In Progrtamm and Abstracts, 13th EEA Conference 2009, Palma de Mallorca, Spain(ed.Morey, G. & Yuste, L. and Pons, G.X.): 8

Jacobsen, I.P. & Bennett, M.B. (2009)
A Taxonomic Review of the Australian Butterfly Ray Gymnura australis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) and Other Members of the family Gymnuridae (Order Rajiformes) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa, 2228, 1–28

Raje, S.G. & Zacharia, P.U. (2009)
Investigations on fishery and biology of nine species of rays in Mumbai waters. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 56(2), 95–101

Schwartz, F.J. (2009)
Ways to identify stingrays of the world possessing or lacking serrated stinging tail spines. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, 125(3), 107–109

Smith, W.D. & Bizzarro, J.J. & Richards, V.P. & Nielsen, J. & Márquez-Farías, J.F. & Shivji, M.S. (2009)
Morphometric convergence and molecular divergence: the taxonomic status and evolutionary history of Gymnura crebripunctata and Gymnura marmorata in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, 75(4), 761–783
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Dehghani, H. & Sajjadi, M.M. & Parto, P. & Rajaian, H. & Mokhlesi, A. (2010)
Histological characterization of the special venom secretory cells in the stinger of rays in the northern waters of Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. Toxicon, 55(6), 1188–1194
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Golani, D. & Bogorodsky, S.V. (2010)
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Haseli, M. & Malek, M. & Palm, H.W. (2010)
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Last, P.R. & White, W.T. & Caira, J.N. & Dharmadi & Fahmi & Jensen, K. & Lim, A.P.K. & Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Pogonoski, J.J. & Stevens, J.D. & Yearsley, G.K. (2010)
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Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. & Shazili, N.A.M. & Ambak, M.A. (2011)
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Nair, R.J. & Zacharia, P.U. (2011)
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Reeve, A.J. & Kayoueche-Reeve, M. & Al-Mamari, T. & Al-Shuaily, S. & Henderson, A.C. (2011)
A field guide to the elasmobranchs of south-east Arabia. Part II: Guitarfishes and sawfishes, Part III: Rays. Shark Project Oman, www.sharkprojectoman.com

Satapoomin, U. (2011)
The fishes of southwestern Thailand, the Andaman Sea - a review of research and a provisional checklist of species. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, 70, 29–77

Moore, A.B.M. & Mccarthy, I.D. & Carvalho, G.R. & Peirce, R. (2012)
Species, sex, size and male maturity composition of previously unreported elasmobranch landings in Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Emirate. Journal of Fish Biology, 80(5), 1619–1642
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Naylor, G.J.P. & Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. & Rosana, K.A.M. & White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2012)
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Rajan, P.T. & Sreeraj, C.R. & Venkataraman, K. (2012)
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Schaeffner, B.C. & Beveridge, I. (2012)
Cavearhynchus, a new genus of tapeworm (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae) from Himantura lobistoma Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2006 (Rajiformes) off Borneo, including redescriptions and new records of species of Pterobothrium Diesing, 1850. Systematic Parasitology, 82(2), 147–165
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Suresh, T.V. & Raffi, S.M. (2012)
Pectoral fin anomalies in the long-tailed butterfly ray, Gymnura poecilura collected from Nagapattinam coastal waters, south-east coast of India. Marine Biodiversity Records, 5, Article e96
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Haseli, M. (2013)
Trypanorhynch cestodes from elasmobranchs from the Gulf of Oman, with the description of Prochristianella garshaspi n. sp. (Eutetrarhynchidae). Systematic Parasitology, 85(3), 271–279
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Moore, A.B.M. & Peirce, R. (2013)
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Naderi, M. & Zare, P. & Azvar, E. (2013)
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Nakabo, T. (2013)
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Zare, P. & Naderi, M. & Azvar, E. (2013)
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Akhilesh, K.V. & Bineesh, K.K. & Gopalakrishnan, A. & Jena, J.K. & Basheer, V.S. & Pillai, N.G.K. (2014)
Checklist of Chondrichthyans in Indian waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 56(1), 109–120
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Bikram, R. & Alam, F. & Rhaman, G. & Singha, N.K. & Akhtar, A. (2014)
Landing Trends, Species composition and Percentage composition of Sharks and Rays in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. International Journal of Advanced Research in Biological Sciences, 1(3), 81–93

Henderson, A.C. & Reeve, A.J. & Ambu-Ali, A. (2014)
Microanatomy of the male and female reproductive tracts in the long-tailed butterfly ray Gymnura poecilura, an elasmobranch with unusual characteristics. Journal of Fish Biology, 84(2), 297–313
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Pavan-Kumar, A. & Gireesh-Babu, P. & Suresh Babu, P.P. & Jaiswar, A.K. & Hari Krishna, V. & Pani Prasasd, K. & Aparna Chaudhari & Raje, S.G. & Chakraborty, S.K. & Gopal Krishna & Lakra, W.S. (2014)
Molecular phylogeny of elasmobranchs inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Molecular Biology Reports, 41(1), 447–457
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Schaeffner, B.C. & Beveridge, I. (2014)
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Theivasigamani, M. & Subbiah, S. (2014)
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Al-Mamry, J.M. & Chesalin, M.V. & Al-Mamary, D. & Al-Senaidi, R.H. (2015)
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Psomadakis, P.N. & Osmany, H.B. & Moazzam, M. (2015)
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Chen, X. & Ai, W.M. & Xiang, D. & Shi, X. (2016)
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Henderson, A.C. & Reeve, A.J. & Jabado, R.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2016)
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Rastgoo, A.R. & Fatemi, M.R. & Valinassab, T. & Mortazavi, M.S. (2016)
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Yokota, L. & White, W.T. & de Carvalho, M.R. (2016)
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Bineesh, K.K. & Gopalakrishnan, A. & Akhilesh, K.V. & Sajeela, K.A. & Abdussamad, E.M. & Pillai, N.G.K. & Basheer, V.S. & Jena, J.K. & Ward, R.D. (2017)
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Haque, A.B. & Biswas, A.R. & Latifa, G.A. (2018)
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Kizhakudan, S.J. & Akhilesh, K.V. & Thomas, S. & Yousuf, K.S.S.M. & Sobhana, K.S. & Purushottama, G.B. & Menon, M. & Dash, S.S. & Manojkumar, P.P. & Nair, R.J. & Najmudeen, T.M. & Zacharia, P.U. (2018)
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Kumar, R.R. & Venu, S. & Akhilesh, K.V. & Bineesh, K.K. & Rajan, P.T. (2018)
First report of four deep-sea chondrichthyans (Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) from Andaman waters, India with an updated checklist from the region. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 48(3), 289–301
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Muktha, M. & Akhilesh, K.V. & Sandhya, S. & Jasmin, F. & Jishnudev, M.A. & Kizhakudan, S.J. (2018)
Re-description of the longtail butterfly ray, Gymnura poecilura (Shaw, 1804) (Gymnuridae: Myliobatiformes) from Bay of Bengal with a neotype designation. Marine Biodiversity, 48(2), 1085–1096
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Rastgoo, A.R. & Navarro, J. & Valinassab, T. (2018)
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Swatipriyanka, S. & Gyanaranjan, D. & Indranil, M. (2018)
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Eagderi, S. & Fricke, R. & Esmaeili, H.R. & Jalili, P. (2019)
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