butterfly ray

Japanese: butterfly ray(英語表記)butterflyray
butterfly ray

...The name comes from the fact that the body plates are wide and look like a flying swallow. The English name is butterfly ray, also named after the wide body plates. There are about 10 species distributed around the world, but two species, G. japonica (illustration) and G. poecilura , are found in the waters near Japan.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "butterfly ray" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…名は体板が広くツバメの飛ぶように見えることに由来する。英名はbutterfly rayでやはり広い体板にちなんでいる。世界に10種ほど分布するが,日本近海にはツバクロエイG.japonica(イラスト)とオナガツバクロG.poeciluraの2種が分布する。…

※「butterfly ray」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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