Banded Guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Sharks and rays
The banded guitarfish, mottled guitarfish, prickly skate or striped guitarfish is a species of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family. Originally Z. exasperata was placed in the Rhinobatidae family, however recent mitochondrial DNA analysis shows their placement into the new family of Trygonorrhinidae. They are found from shallow water to a depth of 200 m (660 ft) in the East Pacific from California, United States, to Mazatlan, Mexico, including the Gulf of California. The species has also been recorded further south, but this likely involves its close relative, the southern banded guitarfish.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Rhinopristiformes
- Family
- Trygonorrhinidae
- Genus
- Zapteryx