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title: "Shorttail Fanskate"
description: "Sympterygia brevicaudata — Pesci. The shorttail fanskate (Sympterygia brevicaudata) is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/shorttail-fanskate
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shorttail Fanskate

> Sympterygia brevicaudata — Pesci. The shorttail fanskate (Sympterygia brevicaudata) is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Sympterygia brevicaudata*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 178
- Wikidata: [Q4667473](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4667473)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113561](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113561)

## Names

- en: Shorttail Fanskate
- es: Pastelillo

## Countries with the most observations

CL (78), PE (56)

## Summary

The shorttail fanskate (Sympterygia brevicaudata) is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean off Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is shallow seas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorttail_fanskate

## Photo

![Shorttail Fanskate](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shorttail-fanskate/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henry W. Fowler ? · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sympterygia_brevicaudata.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/shorttail-fanskate?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).