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Southern banded guitarfish (Zapteryx xyster)
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Ecological Illustration of Southern banded guitarfish (Zapteryx xyster)
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Trygonorrhinidae

Southern banded guitarfish

Zapteryx xyster

Connected dark spotted bands

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Southern banded guitarfish is a marine fish from Eastern Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 78 cm.

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