Immerse yourself in the rarely-seen spectacle of the Bottlenose Wedgefish, elegantly captured by @brookepykephotography. This remarkable creature, with its uniquely shaped rostrum, showcases nature's boundless variety.

Wedgefish are a rare type of ray that grow to over 3 metres long. All 10 species are critically endangered due to overfishing & habitat loss.

(Photo: Matt Potenski)

Have you ever seen a wedgefish before? Commonly known as guitar shark/guitar fish, these species are the third most threatened family of chondrichthyan fish globally. And here, in the Maldives, we are lucky enough to be able to dive with them! 💙 By @pelagicdivefuvahmulah

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Bottlenose wedgefish
Rhynchobatus australiae (Whitley, 1939)

A group of young golden trevally fish, along with some cobia, is swimming together, with the rare and endangered white spotted wedgefish leading them.

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A multi-national research team from Indonesia, Australia, & the USA are looking for one of the world’s most #EndangeredFish , the Clown #Wedgefish ( #𝑅ℎ𝑦𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖), a fish so elusive it has only ever been recorded at fish markets.
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HSI’s senior marine scientist Mark Simmonds celebrates a positive day for marine species at #CITESCoP18 today with listings to better protect the mako shark, guitarfish, wedgefish and the sea cucumber! 🦈 🐟 🌊 #CITES4Sharks

A white spotted wedgefish and its fish entourage, school of juvenile golden trevallies and several cobia

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Entourage 😎 This critically endangered giant white spotted wedgefish leads a school of juvenile golden trevally, several cobia, and others along the shallow waters of Shark Bay, Australia.

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First #PhD chapter is published! 🙌 We estimated the theorectical population productivity of #wedgefish , #giantguitarfish and other species to infer their recovery from population declines if fishing mortality is low #sharkscience #rayconservation journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Guitarfish
Whitespotted Wedgefish
#Rhynchobatus #djiddensis
#sharktankmaldives

Off theme #SundayFishSketch . A cartoony wedgefish for a special project.

Massive wins for sharks and rays worldwide as 18 species receive new protections and regulations on international trade. Mako sharks, wedgefish, and giant guitarfish all now listed under CITES Appendix II. Listings were co-sponsored by a record number of countries!

Endangered wedgefish in Exmouth Gulf!

Found across the West Pacific and Indian Ocean, wedgefish live in shallow coastal areas, making habitat loss a significant threat.

There is much to learn about how Exmouth Gulf supports these elusive rays.

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Gorgeous gorgeous shark scientists get wedgefish cakes when they hand in their PhDs Brooke D'Alberto 🥳🦈🎂

Here are a few photos from todays visit to one of our field sites in #Congo which forms part of our long-term project monitoring artisanal fisheries landings #wedgefish #guitarfish #sharks #rays #africa

Large-scale #eDNA metabarcoding survey across 700km of north-western Australia detects a marine biogeographic break 🌏 and critically endangered #sawfish #wedgefish and #riversharks 🦈🧬 TrEnD Lab DPIRDWA Diversity & Distributions A/Prof Zoe Richards Joseph DiBattista Michael Stat Matthew Heydenrych

My FAVOURITE group the Wedgefishes (Rhinidae). Do you love them too?
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#wedgefish #rhinidae #flatsharkfriday #flatsharksneedlove2 #raysawareness

Killed often times just for their fins, the incredible wedgefish has seen their populations drop by up to 80% in just 4 decades.

RT to show your support in getting them the protections they need to survive. citessharks.org #CITES4Sharks #CoP18Sharks

#VickySharkNews : Save the Guitarfish!!! Besides having an awesome name they are now one of the most critically endangered SHARKS in the world. That's right guitarfish, also called #wedgefish , are sharks! They're just #FlatSharks .