A Special Group of Rays Are Now World’s Most Threatened Marine Fish

IUCN Shark Specialist Group Flags Need to Protect Critically Endangered “Rhino Rays”
 
PRESS RELEASE | London, 18 July, 2019

Whitespotted Wedgefish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) © Matthew D. Potenski

Giant guitarfishes and wedgefishes, collectively called Rhino Rays, are now the world’s most threatened marine fish, based on new Red List assessments released today by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Shark Specialist Group (SSG). All but one of the 16 warm-water, shark-like ray species are assessed as Critically Endangered due primarily to overfishing for meat and fins.

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