Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk by James Marcus Drymon, Bryan Huerta-Beltrán, Nicole Phillips, Peter Kyne, The Conversation ...

Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk Published: June 16, 2025 8:03am EDT From the to , to the , mythical animals have long captured human imagination.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Some people are so fascinated with mythical creatures that they create their own, ...

Ultimately, however, these species are worth more as pez diablo than for other uses. For example, an entire fresh guitarfish in Mexico is worth approximately US$2, whereas guitarfish that have ...

There are as many as 37 species of guitarfish, some of which are at higher risk of extinction than others. Yet to the untrained eye, it can be hard to distinguish one guitarfish species from another.