Zapteryx

Zapteryx is a genus of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family found in coastal parts of the Americas. Zapteryx was formerly placed in Rhinobatidae (guitarfishes), as seen in Nelson's 2006 Fishes of the World, but this classification has been superseded.

Zapteryx
Zapteryx xyster
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rhinopristiformes
Family:	Trygonorrhinidae
Genus:	Zapteryx D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880

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)