Southern banded guitarfish
| Southern banded guitarfish | |
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| 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), also known as the witch guitarfish, 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.[1] It ranges from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Colombia, but it likely also occurs off Ecuador and Peru.[2] It is closely related to the more northernly distributed banded guitarfish (Z. exasperata).[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. "Zapteryx xyster, Witch guitarfish". www.fishbase.org. World Wide Web electronic publication. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- 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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