QUICK FACT: Known as the “Shark Ray” because it looks like a cross between a shark and a ray.

THREATS: Intense, unregulated fishing pressure: captured in industrial, artisanal, and subsistence fisheries via hook and line, gillnets, trawling, and more.

IMPORTANCE: A large bottom predator that regulates prey and stirs sediments while feeding.

Photo credit: OpenCage

QUICK FACT: Known as the “Shark Ray” because it looks like a cross between a shark and a ray.

THREATS: Intense, unregulated fishing pressure: captured in industrial, artisanal, and subsistence fisheries via hook and line, gillnets, trawling, and more.

IMPORTANCE: A large bottom predator that regulates prey and stirs sediments while feeding.

Photo credit: OpenCage