Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Rhinopristiformes
Familia: Trygonorrhinidae
Genus: Zapteryx
Species: Z. brevirostris – Z. exasperata –
Z. xysterName
Zapteryx Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
Type species: Platyrhina exasperata Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
Etymology: za-, (= very); pteryx (= fin), referring to larger vertical fins compared to those of skates (Raja). (From: The ETYFish project)
References
Last, P.R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117(4): 451–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. Reference page.
Jordan, D.S. & Gilbert, C.H. 1880. On the generic relations of Platyrhina exasperata. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3(119): 53. BHL Reference page.
Zapteryx is a genus of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found in coastal parts of the Americas.
Species
†Zapteryx bichuti Signeux, 1961[1]
Zapteryx brevirostris J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Shortnose guitarfish)
Zapteryx exasperata D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (Banded guitarfish)
Zapteryx xyster D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (Southern banded guitarfish)
References
"Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
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