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July 25, 2019 by Sharkophile Staff

IUCN adds flatsharks to critically endangered Red List

Two species of warm water flatsharks, giant guitarfish and wedgefish, are considered the world’s most threatened marine fish according to a new assessment by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The new IUCN Red List assessments classified all but one of the 16 warm-water flat shark species as ‘Critically Endangered’ with declines of […]

Filed Under: Conservation, News Tagged With: flat sharks, guitar shark, IUCN, wedgefish

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