''Zapteryx'' is a genus of

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in the

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family found in coastal parts of the

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. Zapteryx was formerly placed in Rhinobatidae (guitarfishes), as seen in Nelson's 2006 Fishes of the World, but this classification has been superseded.

Species

* †'' Zapteryx bichuti'' Signeux, 1961 * '' 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)

References

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