Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk

By James Marcus Drymon, Associate Extension Professor in Marine Fisheries Ecology, Mississippi State University
Bryan Huerta-Beltrán, Graduate Student, The University of Southern Mississippi
Nicole Phillips, Associate Professor of Biology, The University of Southern Mississippi
Peter Kyne, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University

They look like devils and hence are called pez diablo in Spanish, but these demonic objects are dried and mutilated versions of living rays known as guitarfish.

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