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The narrow sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata), also known as the pointed sawfish or knifetooth sawfish, is a species of sawfish in the family Pristidae, part of the Batoidea, a superorder of cartilaginous fish that include the rays and skates. Sawfish display a circumglobal distribution in warm marine and freshwater habitats.
A largetooth sawfish in Northern Australia, which is the only remaining stronghold for four of the five species. [4] [76] The only remaining stronghold of the four species in the Indo-Pacific region (narrow, dwarf, largetooth and green sawfish) is in Northern Australia, but they have also experienced a decline there.
Anoxypristis cuspidata (Latham, 1794) White & Moy-Thomas 1941 (Knifetooth sawfish or pointed sawfish) Genus Pristis Linck 1790. Pristis clavata Garman, 1906 (Queensland sawfish or dwarf sawfish) Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794 (Smalltooth sawfish) Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common large-tooth sawfish) Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 ...
The longcomb sawfish is native to tropical and subtropical waters in the western and central Indo-Pacific. Historically its distribution covered almost 5,900,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) and it ranged from South Africa, north to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, east to the South China Sea, through Southeast Asia to Australia.
To report any unhealthy, injured or dead sawfish, contact the FWC Sawfish Hotline at 844-472-9374 or via email at Sawfish@myfwc.com with the date, time and location of the encounter, estimated ...
A group of marine scientists may have finally determined what caused dozens of sawfish in Florida waters to exhibit unusual behavior and die off during the last several months.
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Cartilaginous fishes include sharks, rays, skates, and shovelnose rays. The majority of the order Rhinopristiformes, which includes sawfish, guitarfish, wedgefish, and other shovelnose rays, is considered critically endangered, with 28 of its 64 evaluated species considered critically endangered by the IUCN.