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Zapteryx brevirostris (Lesser guitarfish; Shortnose guitarfish)

Synonyms: Rhinobatos brevirostris; Rhinobatus brevirostris; Syrrhina brevirostris
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Wikipedia Abstract

The shortnose guitarfish (Zapteryx brevirostris) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are open seas, rocky shores, and sandy shores. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Zapteryx brevirostris

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Zapteryx brevirostris

Prey / Diet

Artemesia longinaris (argentin stiletto shrimp)[1]
Rimapenaeus constrictus (roughneck shrimp)[1]
Sicyonia dorsalis (lesser rock shrimp)[1]
Sicyonia typica (kinglet rock shrimp)[1]
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (seabob)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthobothrium zapterycum[2]
Haliotrema parahaliotrema[3]
Halysioncum pigmentatum[4]
Proleptus acutus[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Marion, C., Vaske-Junior, T., Gadig, OBF., & Martins, IA.. (2011). Feeding habits of the shortnose guitarfish, Zapteryx brevirostris (Müller and Henle, 1841) (Elasmobranchii, Rhinobatidae) in southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 71(1), 83-89
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0