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title: "Banded Guitarfish"
description: "Zapteryx exasperata — Vissen. The banded guitarfish, mottled guitarfish, prickly skate or striped guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata) is a species of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/banded-guitarfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Banded Guitarfish

> Zapteryx exasperata — Vissen. The banded guitarfish, mottled guitarfish, prickly skate or striped guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata) is a species of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family.

- Scientific name: *Zapteryx exasperata*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 303
- Wikidata: [Q3320351](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3320351)
- iNaturalist taxon: [85115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85115)

## Names

- en: Banded Guitarfish
- de: Gebänderter Geigenrochen
- es: Guitarra rayada

## Countries with the most observations

US (185), MX (99)

## Summary

The banded guitarfish, mottled guitarfish, prickly skate or striped guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata) is a species of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family.  Originally Z. exasperata was placed in the Rhinobatidae family, however recent mitochondrial DNA analysis shows their placement into the new family of Trygonorrhinidae. They are found from shallow water to a depth of 200 m (660 ft) in the East Pacific from California, United States, to Mazatlan, Mexico, including the Gulf of California. The species has also been recorded further south (as far as Peru), but this likely involves its close relative, the southern banded…

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

## Photo

![Banded Guitarfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banded-guitarfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267297338

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/banded-guitarfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).