These ‘pez diablo,’ or devil fish, are actually guitarfishes that have been caught, killed, dried and carved into exotic shapes. Bryan Huerta-Beltrán June 16, 2025 Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk James Marcus Drymon, Mississippi State University; Bryan Huerta-Beltrán, The University of Southern Mississippi; Nicole Phillips, The University of Southern Mississippi, and Peter Kyne, Charles Darwin University They look like devils and hence are called pez diablo in Spanish, but these demonic objects are dried and mutilated versions of living rays known as guitarfish.
