Spiny butterfly ray Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Myliobatiformes Family: Gymnuridae Genus: Gymnura Species: G. altavela Binomial name Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758) Range of the spiny butterfly ray Synonyms Pteroplatea binotata Lunel, 1879 Pteroplatea canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 Pteroplatea vaillantii Rochebrune, 1880 Pteroplatea valenciennii Duméril, 1865 Raja altavela Linnaeus, 1758 Raja maclura Lesueur, 1817