Shortnose guitarfish
Shortnose guitarfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
Family: | Trygonorrhinidae |
Genus: | Zapteryx |
Species: | Z. brevirostris |
Binomial name | |
Zapteryx brevirostris (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) |
The shortnose guitarfish (Zapteryx brevirostris) is a species of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family found in the southwest Atlantic in coastal parts near sandy sea floors of southern Brazil, through Uruguay, to northeast Argentina.[1] It reaches a length of 66 cm (2.17 ft).[2] Their diet consist of Crabs, worms, clams and small fishes. The guitarfish has become critically endangered because of the rapid decline caused by overfishing.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pollom, R.; Barreto, R.; Charvet, P.; Chiaramonte, G.E.; Cuevas, J.M.; Faria, V.; Herman, K.; Marcante, F.; Montealegre-Quijano, S.; Motta, F.; Paesch, L.; Rincon, G. (2020). "Zapteryx brevirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T61419A3104442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61419A3104442.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Pollom, R.; Barreto, R.; Charvet, P.; Chiaramonte, G.E.; Cuevas, J.M.; Faria, V.; Herman, K.; Marcante, F.; Montealegre-Quijano, S.; Motta, F.; Paesch, L.; Rincon, G. (2020). "Zapteryx brevirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T61419A3104442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61419A3104442.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.