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 in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitat is coral reefs.[1]

References

  1. Casper, B.M. 2005. Zapteryx xyster. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
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