Southern banded guitarfish

Southern banded guitarfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Zapteryx
Species: Z. xyster
Binomial name
Zapteryx xyster
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

The southern banded guitarfish (Zapteryx xyster) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found at reefs and other habitats from shallow water to a depth of 90 m (300 ft) in the tropical East Pacific. It ranges from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Colombia, but it likely also occurs off Ecuador and Peru.[1] It is closely related to the more northernly distributed banded guitarfish (Z. exasperata).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Casper, B.M., Ebert, D.A. & Kyne, P.M. 200. Zapteryx xyster. 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 15 January 2017.
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