Shortnose guitarfish

Shortnose guitarfish

Taxobox
name = Shortnose guitarfish


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Rhinobatidae
genus = "Zapteryx"
species = "Z. brevirostris"
binomial = "Zapteryx brevirostris"
binomial_authority = (Müller & Henle, 1841)
synonyms = The shortnose guitarfish ("Zapteryx brevirostris") is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are open seas, rocky shores, and sandy shores. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Vooren, C.M., Lamónaca, A.F., Massa, A. & Hozbor, N. 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61419/all Zapteryx brevirostris] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.


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