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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.
In Australia where sawfish have to be released if caught, the narrow sawfish has the highest mortality rate, [73] but it is still almost 50% for dwarf sawfish caught in gill nets. [105] In an attempt of lowering this, a guide to sawfish release has been published. [108]
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 ...
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 ...
Known for its long, flat and teeth-edged snout — resembling a saw, hence the name — the smalltooth sawfish is one of five species of sawfish belonging to the ray family of fish, NOAA says. The ...
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.
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A combination of characters are necessary to distinguish it from the other sawfish species: the longcomb sawfish has teeth to near the base of the rostrum or "saw" (unlike the knifetooth sawfish, Anoxypristis cuspidata), 23–37 teeth on each side of the rostrum (18–24 in the dwarf sawfish, P. clavata, 20–32 in smalltooth sawfish, P ...