Southern banded guitarfish
| Southern banded guitarfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b Kyne, P.M.; Charvet, P.; Areano, E.M.; Avalos, C.; Cevallos, A.; Espinoza, M.; González, A.; Herman, K.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Morales-Saldaña, J.M.; Navia, A.F.; Velez-Zuazo, X. (2020). "Zapteryx xyster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60178A124448370. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60178A124448370.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. "Zapteryx xyster, Witch guitarfish". www.fishbase.org. World Wide Web electronic publication. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Kyne, P.M.; Charvet, P.; Areano, E.M.; Avalos, C.; Cevallos, A.; Espinoza, M.; González, A.; Herman, K.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Morales-Saldaña, J.M.; Navia, A.F.; Velez-Zuazo, X. (2020). "Zapteryx xyster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60178A124448370. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60178A124448370.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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