Southern banded guitarfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
Family: | Trygonorrhinidae |
Genus: | Zapteryx |
Species: | Z. xyster
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Binomial name | |
Zapteryx xyster
D. S. Jordan &
Evermann, 1896
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The southern banded guitarfish (Zapteryx xyster), also known as the witch guitarfish, is a species of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family found at reefs and other habitats from shallow water to a depth of 90 m (300 ft) in the tropical East Pacific. [2] It ranges from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Colombia, but it likely also occurs off Ecuador and Peru. [1] It is threatened by habitat loss. It is closely related to the more northernly distributed banded guitarfish (Z. exasperata). [3]
Southern banded guitarfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
Family: | Trygonorrhinidae |
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 Trygonorrhinidae family found at reefs and other habitats from shallow water to a depth of 90 m (300 ft) in the tropical East Pacific. [2] It ranges from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Colombia, but it likely also occurs off Ecuador and Peru. [1] It is threatened by habitat loss. It is closely related to the more northernly distributed banded guitarfish (Z. exasperata). [3]