Zapteryx xyster

Zapteryx xyster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Trygonorrhinidae
Genus: Zapteryx

Species: Zapteryx xyster

Name

Zapteryx xyster Jordan & Evermann, 1896

• Syntypes: YPM old Zool. Cat. 1994 (orig. 2, 1 lost in 1880s).

Type locality: Pacific Coast of Panama.

Etymology: xyster (= a scraper), perhaps referring to “entire lower surface covered with fine shagreen”. (From : The ETYFish project)

Vernacular names

• English: Southern banded guitarfish, Witch Guitarfish

References

• Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896. The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 47(1): i–lx + 1–1240. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Zapteryx xyster in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Zapteryx xyster in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.