The NMFS listed the blackchin guitarfish and common guitarfish as threatened species on Jan. 19, but the protections will not go into effect until March 21 to comply with Trump’s regulatory ...

Guitarfish are rocking new protections from the federal government. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed Friday to list the common guitarfish and blackchin guitarfish as ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the common guitarfish is endangered due to widespread and unregulated fishing.

The common guitarfish, found in the Atlantic from the coast of France to Angola, and the blackchin guitarfish, found from Portugal to Angola and throughout the Mediterranean, are threatened by ...

The common guitarfish and the blackchin guitarfish were once found in the Mediterranean Sea and along the coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean from Spain to Angola. They are no longer found near Spain ...

Other sharks sharing in the same new protections included dusky sharks, angelsharks, white-spotted wedgefish and the bizarrely named common guitarfish.

“Shovelnose guitarfish are relatively common and abundant along our coastline. "San Francisco is at the northern end of their range, but still well within ‘normal’ for this species.” ...

The ocean is filled with weird fish, and the bowmouth guitarfish definitely deserves a spot on any list of the weirdest. This fish, scientifically known as the Rhina ancylostoma, has a body like a ...

On September 19, 2016, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published proposed rules to list two species of dolphin and two species of guitarfish under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Governments look set to agree to agree international collaboration to protect dusky sharks, angel sharks, the common guitarfish, white-spotted wedgefish and the world's most heavily fished shark ...