Fish Identification: Find Species


Family: Trygonorrhinidae Banjo rays, Fiddler rays



(See list of species below)


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8 species (see list below)
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Photo by Murch, A.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw, 1794)

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Aptychotrema rostrata
[Eastern shovelnose ray]
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Max. Length 58.2 cm TL
 
Aptychotrema timorensis
[Spotted shovelnose ray]
No picture found

Max. Length 84 cm TL
 
Aptychotrema vincentiana
[Western shovelnose ray]
No picture found

Max. Length 146 cm TL
 
Trygonorrhina dumerilii
[Southern fiddler ray]

Photo by Sionis, A.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Trygonorrhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841

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Trygonorrhina fasciata
[Eastern fiddler ray]

Photo by Vianna, M.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 59.3 cm TL
Zapteryx brevirostris (Müller & Henle, 1841)

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Zapteryx brevirostris
[Lesser guitarfish]

Photo by Murch, A.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 97 cm
Zapteryx exasperata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

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Zapteryx exasperata
[Banded guitarfish]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 78 cm TL
Zapteryx xyster Jordan & Evermann, 1896

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Zapteryx xyster
[Witch guitarfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Aptychotrema rostrata Eastern shovelnose ray Western Pacific 120 TL 1794
Aptychotrema timorensis Spotted shovelnose ray Western Pacific 58.2 TL 2004
Aptychotrema vincentiana Western shovelnose ray Eastern Indian Ocean 84 TL 1885
Trygonorrhina dumerilii Southern fiddler ray Eastern Indian Ocean 146 TL 1873
Trygonorrhina fasciata Eastern fiddler ray Southwest Pacific 120 TL 1841
Zapteryx brevirostris Lesser guitarfish Southwest Atlantic 59.3 TL 1841
Zapteryx exasperata Banded guitarfish Eastern Pacific 97 1880
Zapteryx xyster Witch guitarfish Eastern Pacific 78 TL 1896



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