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

Critically Endangered

Halavi guitarfish

Glaucostegus halavi

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

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

Appearance

Halavi guitarfish are usually large with a short, wide snout with a rounded tip.

Averagely, they are born at around 29 cm, but can grow to be 171 cm.

Range and habitat

It is found in the Indo-West Pacific (Red Sea to Gulf of Oman, with unconfirmed records in the area east of Oman).

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

It has only been recorded twice, in 1997 and 2004, in the levantine waters, the question of its permanent settlement in the Mediterranean Sea remains open.

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

Halavi 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 Halavi guitarfish, Wikidata item Q1570230. 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 Halavi guitarfish?
Halavi guitarfish is a shark or ray in the family Glaucostegidae (order Rhinopristiformes) — Glaucostegus halavi.
What is the conservation status of Halavi guitarfish?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Glaucostegus halavi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Halavi guitarfish live?
It is found in the Indo-West Pacific (Red Sea to Gulf of Oman, with unconfirmed records in the area east of Oman).
Why is Halavi guitarfish in crisis?
It has only been recorded twice, in 1997 and 2004, in the levantine waters, the question of its permanent settlement in the Mediterranean Sea remains open.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Glaucostegus halavi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Halavi guitarfish a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.