Banded guitarfish

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Banded guitarfish
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Zapteryx
Species: Z. exasperata
Binomial name
Zapteryx exasperata
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

The banded guitarfish, mottled guitarfish, prickly skate, or striped guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in Mexico, the United States, possibly Colombia, possibly Costa Rica, possibly Ecuador, possibly El Salvador, possibly Guatemala, possibly Nicaragua, possibly Panama, and possibly Peru. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coastal saline lagoons.

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