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The longnose sawshark is found in the eastern Indian Ocean around southern Australia and Tasmania on the continental shelf at depths of 20 - 600m. [4] While it may venture into bays and estuaries on occasion, longnose sawsharks prefer sandy and gravelly areas offshore between 37–146 m (121–479 ft).
The longnose sawshark prefers to swim in both the open sea and coastal regions from the surface to a depth of 600m. [18] The longnose Sawshark is known to mainly prey on small crustaceans. [19] It uses its barbels to detect prey on the ocean floor which it then hits with its snout to immobilize it. [16]
Pristiophorus cirratus (Latham, 1794) (Longnose sawshark) Pristiophorus delicatus Yearsley, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Tropical sawshark) Pristiophorus japonicus Günther, 1870 (Japanese sawshark) Pristiophorus lanae Ebert & Wilms, 2013 (Lana's sawshark) [3] Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888; Pristiophorus nancyae Ebert & Cailliet, 2011 ...
Sawfish, also known as carpenter sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw.
File: Sketchbook of fishes - 25. (Longnose) Saw shark - William Buelow Gould, c1832.jpg
The longnose sawtail catshark (Galeus longirostris) is a little-known species of deepwater catshark, belonging to the family Pentanchidae, found off the northwestern Pacific islands of Amami Ōshima, Ogasawara, and Izu at depths of 350–550 m (1,150–1,800 ft).
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Sharks portal; The Squaliformes / ˌ s k w ɒ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z / are an order of sharks that includes about 126 species in seven families.. Members of the order have two dorsal fins, which usually possess spines, they usually have a sharp head, no anal fin or nictitating membrane, and five to seven gill slits.