allison loves the bowmouth guitarfish (her name is reina and she is a diva)
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
allison loves the bowmouth guitarfish (her name is reina and she is a diva)
Today I saw a creature that looks like a stingray but with a shark tail swimming in the water. After some searching, it seems to be a bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma). #bowmouthguitarfish #Rhina #ancylostoma
January 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Today I saw a creature that looks like a stingray but with a shark tail swimming in the water. After some searching, it seems to be a bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma). #bowmouthguitarfish #Rhina #ancylostoma
Our Shark Dives just got cooler! 🦈
Now diving with Fender the guitarfish, plus sharks and rays, for an unforgettable underwater adventure! 💙
Ready to take the plunge? www.pdza.org/dive
Now diving with Fender the guitarfish, plus sharks and rays, for an unforgettable underwater adventure! 💙
Ready to take the plunge? www.pdza.org/dive
January 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Our Shark Dives just got cooler! 🦈
Now diving with Fender the guitarfish, plus sharks and rays, for an unforgettable underwater adventure! 💙
Ready to take the plunge? www.pdza.org/dive
Now diving with Fender the guitarfish, plus sharks and rays, for an unforgettable underwater adventure! 💙
Ready to take the plunge? www.pdza.org/dive
Trevin Weragama
The guitarfish, also referred to as shovelnose rays, are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays.
Endangered and protected
The guitarfish, also referred to as shovelnose rays, are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays.
Endangered and protected
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Trevin Weragama
The guitarfish, also referred to as shovelnose rays, are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays.
Endangered and protected
The guitarfish, also referred to as shovelnose rays, are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays.
Endangered and protected
species at threat
• Saint Lucia fer de lance viper
• European eel
• Indian rainbow tarantula
• Temminck’s pangolin
• Cao-vit gibbon
• Blackchin guitarfish
• Utila spiny-tailed iguana
• Saker falcon
• Wild tulips
• Clouded leopard
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
• Saint Lucia fer de lance viper
• European eel
• Indian rainbow tarantula
• Temminck’s pangolin
• Cao-vit gibbon
• Blackchin guitarfish
• Utila spiny-tailed iguana
• Saker falcon
• Wild tulips
• Clouded leopard
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
From gibbons to a ‘psychedelic’ tarantula, the most-endangered species
Saker falcon prized by Saudi princes joins the cao-vit gibbon and pangolins, as some of this year’s most vulnerable animals, threatened by the illegal pet trade
www.thetimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 AM
species at threat
• Saint Lucia fer de lance viper
• European eel
• Indian rainbow tarantula
• Temminck’s pangolin
• Cao-vit gibbon
• Blackchin guitarfish
• Utila spiny-tailed iguana
• Saker falcon
• Wild tulips
• Clouded leopard
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
• Saint Lucia fer de lance viper
• European eel
• Indian rainbow tarantula
• Temminck’s pangolin
• Cao-vit gibbon
• Blackchin guitarfish
• Utila spiny-tailed iguana
• Saker falcon
• Wild tulips
• Clouded leopard
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
NEW RESEARCH 🚨
Shore-based surveys reveal site in Goa, India as a potential nursery ground for widenose guitarfish, and provided the first population assessment of the species in the region.
Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🦈🐟🦑🧪🌐🌏
Shore-based surveys reveal site in Goa, India as a potential nursery ground for widenose guitarfish, and provided the first population assessment of the species in the region.
Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🦈🐟🦑🧪🌐🌏
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
NEW RESEARCH 🚨
Shore-based surveys reveal site in Goa, India as a potential nursery ground for widenose guitarfish, and provided the first population assessment of the species in the region.
Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🦈🐟🦑🧪🌐🌏
Shore-based surveys reveal site in Goa, India as a potential nursery ground for widenose guitarfish, and provided the first population assessment of the species in the region.
Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🦈🐟🦑🧪🌐🌏
The public comment period ends Monday, follow the link and make a comment.
Alt: Pics of a Sumatran tiger, what I think is a guitarfish, a clouded leopard, and a tortoise.
Alt: Pics of a Sumatran tiger, what I think is a guitarfish, a clouded leopard, and a tortoise.
The federal government is considering changes to the Endangered Species Act that would severely weaken our most powerful tool for saving threatened and endangered wildlife, and the public comment period is now open. Learn more at www.oregonzoo.org/news/defend-endangered-species-act
December 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The public comment period ends Monday, follow the link and make a comment.
Alt: Pics of a Sumatran tiger, what I think is a guitarfish, a clouded leopard, and a tortoise.
Alt: Pics of a Sumatran tiger, what I think is a guitarfish, a clouded leopard, and a tortoise.
185 countries /CoP ✅Passed:
1
intl. commercial trade ban⛔️
Oceanic whitetip sharks
Manta & devil rays
Whale sharks
2
Zero export quotas0️⃣
wild-caught
Wedgefish & giant guitarfish
3
require permits:🗃️
Gulper sharks
Smoothhound sharks & tope shark
2/3
1
intl. commercial trade ban⛔️
Oceanic whitetip sharks
Manta & devil rays
Whale sharks
2
Zero export quotas0️⃣
wild-caught
Wedgefish & giant guitarfish
3
require permits:🗃️
Gulper sharks
Smoothhound sharks & tope shark
2/3
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
185 countries /CoP ✅Passed:
1
intl. commercial trade ban⛔️
Oceanic whitetip sharks
Manta & devil rays
Whale sharks
2
Zero export quotas0️⃣
wild-caught
Wedgefish & giant guitarfish
3
require permits:🗃️
Gulper sharks
Smoothhound sharks & tope shark
2/3
1
intl. commercial trade ban⛔️
Oceanic whitetip sharks
Manta & devil rays
Whale sharks
2
Zero export quotas0️⃣
wild-caught
Wedgefish & giant guitarfish
3
require permits:🗃️
Gulper sharks
Smoothhound sharks & tope shark
2/3
New fish in the new building!
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
New fish in the new building!
My kid has a book titled "You're Called WHAT?" that includes the Tasseled Wobbegong, as well as the Fried Egg Jellyfish, the Monkeyface Prickleback, the Shovelnose Guitarfish, the Bone-Eating Snot Flower Worm, and a tiny wasp known as the Ahaha. Among others.
He *loves* this book.
He *loves* this book.
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My kid has a book titled "You're Called WHAT?" that includes the Tasseled Wobbegong, as well as the Fried Egg Jellyfish, the Monkeyface Prickleback, the Shovelnose Guitarfish, the Bone-Eating Snot Flower Worm, and a tiny wasp known as the Ahaha. Among others.
He *loves* this book.
He *loves* this book.
we spent like five hours looking at these wet little guys
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
we spent like five hours looking at these wet little guys
Giant guitarfish? That's METAL AS FUCK.
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Giant guitarfish? That's METAL AS FUCK.
Sharing some good news for your timeline: #CITESCoP20 just approved SWEEPING new protections - from global trade bans for whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, manta & devil rays to zero-export quotas for wedgefish & giant guitarfish 🎉
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Sharing some good news for your timeline: #CITESCoP20 just approved SWEEPING new protections - from global trade bans for whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, manta & devil rays to zero-export quotas for wedgefish & giant guitarfish 🎉
CITES YES to All Shark/Ray Proposals.
Oceanic Whitetips, Whale Sharks, Mantas and Rays Tope sharks in fin trade and Gulper sharks fished for liver oil in Cosmetics.
Guitarfish and Wedgefish move to No Trade status.
70 species by 96% of fin trade and 70% of meat trade under CITES
Oceanic Whitetips, Whale Sharks, Mantas and Rays Tope sharks in fin trade and Gulper sharks fished for liver oil in Cosmetics.
Guitarfish and Wedgefish move to No Trade status.
70 species by 96% of fin trade and 70% of meat trade under CITES
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
CITES YES to All Shark/Ray Proposals.
Oceanic Whitetips, Whale Sharks, Mantas and Rays Tope sharks in fin trade and Gulper sharks fished for liver oil in Cosmetics.
Guitarfish and Wedgefish move to No Trade status.
70 species by 96% of fin trade and 70% of meat trade under CITES
Oceanic Whitetips, Whale Sharks, Mantas and Rays Tope sharks in fin trade and Gulper sharks fished for liver oil in Cosmetics.
Guitarfish and Wedgefish move to No Trade status.
70 species by 96% of fin trade and 70% of meat trade under CITES
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Coyote
Manta Ray
Shovelnose Guitarfish
Pacific Giant Salamander
Raccoon
Coyote
Manta Ray
Shovelnose Guitarfish
Pacific Giant Salamander
Raccoon
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Coyote
Manta Ray
Shovelnose Guitarfish
Pacific Giant Salamander
Raccoon
Coyote
Manta Ray
Shovelnose Guitarfish
Pacific Giant Salamander
Raccoon
This is a thornback guitarfish I spotted while swimming in Orange County, California.
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is a thornback guitarfish I spotted while swimming in Orange County, California.
(for those who, like me, wanted pics)
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
(for those who, like me, wanted pics)
Important research identifying critical habitat of Critically Endangered guitarfish, based on walking beach transects
Rare Aggregations: Seasonal Variations and Abundance of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish (Glaucostegus obtusus) doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Important research identifying critical habitat of Critically Endangered guitarfish, based on walking beach transects
Rare Aggregations: Seasonal Variations and Abundance of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish (Glaucostegus obtusus) doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Rare Aggregations: Seasonal Variations and Abundance of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish (Glaucostegus obtusus) doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
Hot off the press, "A zero annual export quota for wild-taken specimens traded for commercial purposes" annotation has been adopted for Giant Guitarfish (Glaucostegus spp.) at the #CITESCoP20
Follow along as more updates happen live!
#CITES #CoP20 #guitarfish #shark #ray #chimaera #biodiversity
Follow along as more updates happen live!
#CITES #CoP20 #guitarfish #shark #ray #chimaera #biodiversity
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Hot off the press, "A zero annual export quota for wild-taken specimens traded for commercial purposes" annotation has been adopted for Giant Guitarfish (Glaucostegus spp.) at the #CITESCoP20
Follow along as more updates happen live!
#CITES #CoP20 #guitarfish #shark #ray #chimaera #biodiversity
Follow along as more updates happen live!
#CITES #CoP20 #guitarfish #shark #ray #chimaera #biodiversity
In Guitarfish, late-stage young carry an internal yolk reserve that helps them face their first days in the shallows. Alfonsina Romo Curiel and team show that when fishers release these newborns quickly, many swim off - interventions can help restore a generation.
saveourseas.com/update/is-th...
saveourseas.com/update/is-th...
Is the reproductive strategy of Guitarfish really a strategy for surviving fishing pressure as a target or bycatch species?
Batoid fishes exhibit three reproductive modes that can be grouped into two categories depending on how embryos obtain nutrition: 1) The first is lecithotrophic, in which embryos rely entirely on the ...
saveourseas.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In Guitarfish, late-stage young carry an internal yolk reserve that helps them face their first days in the shallows. Alfonsina Romo Curiel and team show that when fishers release these newborns quickly, many swim off - interventions can help restore a generation.
saveourseas.com/update/is-th...
saveourseas.com/update/is-th...
Rare Aggregations: Seasonal Variations and Abundance
of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish
(Glaucostegus obtusus) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish
(Glaucostegus obtusus) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Rare Aggregations: Seasonal Variations and Abundance
of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish
(Glaucostegus obtusus) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
of the Critically Endangered Widenose Guitarfish
(Glaucostegus obtusus) 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
HW - hotrod
SHB - hard candy
DT - golden day
ARR - the gobfather
EW - aetherolectric guitarfish
SB - hookstealer
SHB - hard candy
DT - golden day
ARR - the gobfather
EW - aetherolectric guitarfish
SB - hookstealer
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
HW - hotrod
SHB - hard candy
DT - golden day
ARR - the gobfather
EW - aetherolectric guitarfish
SB - hookstealer
SHB - hard candy
DT - golden day
ARR - the gobfather
EW - aetherolectric guitarfish
SB - hookstealer
Largely understudied, the lesser guitarfish is finally getting its moment. Early acoustic tracking data show strong local residency, but a few individuals disrupt this trend entirely, challenging assumptions about this South African endemic. Read Taryn Murray’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
From the shadows to the spotlight: Story of the lesser guitarfish
South Africa is a global hotspot for shark and ray species, boasting 191 species of which 34 are endemic – only being found in South African waters. Of these is the lesser guitarfish Acroteriobatus an...
saveourseas.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Largely understudied, the lesser guitarfish is finally getting its moment. Early acoustic tracking data show strong local residency, but a few individuals disrupt this trend entirely, challenging assumptions about this South African endemic. Read Taryn Murray’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
A bowmouth guitarfish is neither a fish, nor a guitar, but is rather a critically endangered ray.
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A bowmouth guitarfish is neither a fish, nor a guitar, but is rather a critically endangered ray.