Banded guitarfish

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

The banded guitarfish, mottled guitarfish, prickly skate, or striped guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found from shallow water to a depth of 200 m (660 ft) in the East Pacific from California, United States, to Mazatlan, Mexico, including the Gulf of California.[1] The species has also been recorded further south (as far as Peru), but this likely involves its close relative, the southern banded guitarfish (Z. xyster).[1]

Reproduction

Banded guitarfish mate in March/April and give birth in shallow, sandy bays in late spring/summer. Litter sizes are 4-11 and the average birth size is 18 cm.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bizzarro, J.J. & Kyne, P.M. 2015. Zapteryx exasperata. 2015 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 15 January 2017
  2. "Banded Guitarfish Information and Pictures", Elasmodiver Shark and Ray Field Guide. Accessed October 17, 2011.
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