Shortnose guitarfish
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Family: | Rhinobatidae
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Species: | Z. brevirostris
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Binomial name | |
Zapteryx brevirostris (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)
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The shortnose guitarfish (Zapteryx brevirostris) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae 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[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Zapteryx
- Fish of the Western Atlantic
- Fish of Uruguay
- Fish described in 1841
- Rajiformes stubs