Zapteryx exasperata

Taxonavigation

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

Zapteryx exasperata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

Lectotype: USNM 25050 (lost).
- Lectotype established in Jordan & Evermann 1896:65 as USNM 35050 [= 25050]; that specimen apparently lost.
Paralectotypes: (about 20) MCZ 36022 [ex USNM] (2); USNM 24878 (orig. 12, now 9), 25032 (1).

Type locality: San Diego Bay, California, U.S.A.

Etymology: exasperata (= made rough), referring to back entirely covered with stout, close-set, stellated prickles. (From : The ETYFish project)

Holotype: MCZ S-381.

Type locality: “San Diego”, California.

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.
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.
Jordan, D.S. & Gilbert, C.H. 1880. Notes on a collection of fishes from San Diego, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3(106): 23–34. BHL Reference page.
Garman, S. 1880. New species of selachians in the museum collection. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 6(11): 167–172. BHL Reference page.

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

English: Banded Guitarfish