Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin), recorded as Critically Endangered
Clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Clubnose guitarfish

Glaucostegus thouin

Clubnose guitarfish is a shark or ray in the family Glaucostegidae (order Rhinopristiformes) — Glaucostegus thouin, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Glaucostegus thouin
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Elasmobranchii · Rhinopristiformes · Glaucostegidae · Glaucostegus

Appearance

It reaches up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, but typically is less than 2.5 m (8.2 ft).It is pale yellowish or brownish with a pale snout. It has an unusual club-like tip of the snout, that separates it from other members of the genus Glaucostegus.

Range and habitat

It is found from shallow coastal waters to a depth of 60 m (200 ft) in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from India to Southeast Asia, and also in the Red Sea.

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

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Clubnose guitarfish 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 Clubnose guitarfish, Wikidata item Q3318595. 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 Clubnose guitarfish?
Clubnose guitarfish is a shark or ray in the family Glaucostegidae (order Rhinopristiformes) — Glaucostegus thouin.
What is the conservation status of Clubnose guitarfish?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Glaucostegus thouin. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Clubnose guitarfish live?
It is found from shallow coastal waters to a depth of 60 m (200 ft) in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from India to Southeast Asia, and also in the Red Sea.
Why is Clubnose guitarfish 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 Glaucostegus thouin?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Clubnose guitarfish a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.