Featured Elasmobranch – Banded Guitarfish
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Photograph Courtesy of Maria del Pilar Blanco
Banded Guitarfish
September 2009
Zapteryx exasperata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Family Rhinobatidae (Guitarfishes)
Identification: A guitar-shaped ray with a broad disc that is about twice as wide as it is long. The dorsal surface is covered with numerous, small to large, scattered, stellate prickles and a single median [...]