Southern Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx xyster
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Sharks and rays
The southern banded guitarfish, 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 150 m in the tropical East Pacific. It ranges from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Colombia, but it likely also occurs off Ecuador and Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is closely related to the more northernly distributed banded guitarfish.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Rhinopristiformes
- Family
- Trygonorrhinidae
- Genus
- Zapteryx