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Native to Singapore, critically endangered ray prized for fins to get better protection

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The shovelnose ray (Rhynochobatus australiae), a Singapore native also known as the bottlenose wedgefish, will soon get better protection.

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SINGAPORE - The name might be unfamiliar but many diners would recognise the delicacy served to them at restaurants as "shark head".
Many might not know as well that it is a critically endangered species.
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