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title: "Lessa's Butterfly Ray"
description: "Gymnura lessae — Ryby. Gymnura lessae, or Lessa's butterfly ray, is a cartilaginous fish (batoid) species of butterfly ray (Gymnura)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lessa-s-butterfly-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lessa's Butterfly Ray

> Gymnura lessae — Ryby. Gymnura lessae, or Lessa's butterfly ray, is a cartilaginous fish (batoid) species of butterfly ray (Gymnura).

- Scientific name: *Gymnura lessae*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 283
- Wikidata: [Q47383117](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47383117)
- iNaturalist taxon: [739456](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/739456)

## Names

- en: Lessa's Butterfly Ray
- es: Raya mariposa de Lessa

## Countries with the most observations

US (236), MX (22)

## Summary

Gymnura lessae, or Lessa's butterfly ray, is a cartilaginous fish (batoid) species of butterfly ray (Gymnura). Native to the coastlines stretching from Massachusetts, US to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. It is named after Rosângela Lessa, a prominent figure in shark and ray conservation.
Initially, G. lessae was thought to be the same species as Gymnura micrura, however and primarily because of internal morphological differences, Gymnura lessae was redescribed as a new species.

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

## Photo

![Lessa's Butterfly Ray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lessa-s-butterfly-ray/medium.jpg)

Photo: bunnymom20 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146301515

## Machine access

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