title: Diet and reproduction in the Australian butterfly ray Gymnura australis from northern and north-eastern Australia.
abstract: The diet of Gymnura australis was dominated by teleosts (99.8% index of relative importance). A wide-ranging species, females matured at 446 mm disc width (W(D)), had a single functional ovary and two functional uteri. Males matured at 377 mm W(D) and had a single functional testis.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia. i.jacobsen@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000502:physiology*