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shortnose guitarfish (Zapteryx brevirostris)
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Ecological Illustration of shortnose guitarfish (Zapteryx brevirostris)
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Trygonorrhinidae

shortnose guitarfish

Zapteryx brevirostris

Grey white edges on fins

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • South America
  • Other
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

shortnose guitarfish is known from Southwest Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Sharks and Rays
Order
Shovelnose Rays
Family
Trygonorrhinidae
Genus
Zapteryx
Water type
Marine
Body shape
other
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