---
title: "Mazatlan Butterfly Ray"
description: "Gymnura crebripunctata — Vissen. Gymnura crebripunctata, the longsnout butterfly ray, is a type of marine tropical ray mainly found in Eastern Central Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mazatlan-butterfly-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mazatlan Butterfly Ray

> Gymnura crebripunctata — Vissen. Gymnura crebripunctata, the longsnout butterfly ray, is a type of marine tropical ray mainly found in Eastern Central Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Gymnura crebripunctata*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 50
- Wikidata: [Q6393906](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6393906)
- iNaturalist taxon: [188802](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/188802)

## Names

- en: Mazatlan Butterfly Ray
- es: Raya mariposa picuda

## Countries with the most observations

MX (31), EC (8), CR (4)

## Summary

Gymnura crebripunctata, the longsnout butterfly ray, is a type of marine tropical ray mainly found in Eastern Central Pacific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnura_crebripunctata

## Photo

![Mazatlan Butterfly Ray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mazatlan-butterfly-ray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Drew Baxter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/343708527

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mazatlan-butterfly-ray?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).