Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Bignose fanskate (Sympterygia acuta), recorded as Critically Endangered
Bignose fanskate (Sympterygia acuta). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Bignose fanskate

Sympterygia acuta

Bignose fanskate is a shark or ray in the family Arhynchobatidae (order Rajiformes) — Sympterygia acuta, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Sympterygia acuta
Taxonomy
Elasmobranchii · Rajiformes · Arhynchobatidae · Sympterygia

The shark or ray

Sharks, rays, and guitarfishes: cartilaginous fishes with denticle skin and no true bone.

Range and habitat

It is found off Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Sharks and rays grow slowly and have few young. A fishery that treats them as bycatch can empty a coastal form.

In crisis

Bignose fanskate is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Bignose fanskate — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3318778. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Bignose fanskate?
Bignose fanskate is a shark or ray in the family Arhynchobatidae (order Rajiformes) — Sympterygia acuta.
What is the conservation status of Bignose fanskate?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Sympterygia acuta. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Bignose fanskate live?
It is found off Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Why is Bignose fanskate in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Sympterygia acuta?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Bignose fanskate a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.