Evidencia del máximo número de crías en la raya mariposa, Gymnura lessae (Myliobatiformes: Gymnuridae), en el Golfo de México

ANDY ALEXANDER LARA-ALCANTARA; OSCAR MENDEZ; LUIS FERNANDO DEL MORAL-FLORES

doi:10.30550/j.azl/2023.67.1/2023-03-15

Authors

ANDY ALEXANDER LARA-ALCANTARA Facultad de Biología, Campus Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9014-1031
OSCAR MENDEZ Facultad de Biología, Campus Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3026-3501
LUIS FERNANDO DEL MORAL-FLORES Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7804-2716

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/2023.67.1/2023-03-15

Keywords:

Western Atlantic, Fecundity, Elasmobranchii, record, Batoidei

Abstract

The Lesser butterfly ray Gymnura lessae is endemic to the northwesten Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico. It is a species with sexual dimorphism, viviparous and with an annual reproductive cycle. This contribution confirms the maximum number of pups in the species (n=11; 5 in the right uterus and 6 in the left) and provides data on the embryos of a female (940 mm disc width) caught in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.

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