Shortnose guitarfish
| Shortnose guitarfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Trygonorrhinidae |
| Genus: | Zapteryx |
| Species: | Z. brevirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| Zapteryx brevirostris (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)
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The shortnose guitarfish (Zapteryx brevirostris) is a species of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family found in the southwest Atlantic in coastal parts near sandy sea floors of southern Brazil, through Uruguay, to northeast Argentina.[1] It reaches a length of 66 cm (2.17 ft).[2] Their diet consist of Crabs, worms, clams and small fishes. The guitarfish has become critically endangered because of the rapid decline caused by overfishing.
References
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