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tropical regions. The
Bahamas sawshark was
discovered in
deeper waters (640 m to 915 m) of the
northwestern Caribbean.
Sawsharks have a pair of long barbels...
- The
sixgill sawshark,
Pliotrema warreni is a
sawshark of the
family Pristiophoridae.
Unlike other sawsharks, the
barbs on this shark's
rostrum continue...
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estuaries on occasion,
longnose sawsharks prefer sandy and
gravelly areas offs****
between 37–146 m (121–479 ft).
Longnose sawsharks feed
primarily on
small crustaceans...
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sawshark is
found on
continental and
insular slopes. Its
reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Pristiophorus schroederi is the
first member of the
sawsharks...
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smaller (up to c. 1.5 m or 5 ft long)
sawsharks, in
which the
slits are on the side of the neck.
Unlike sawfish,
sawsharks also have a pair of long barbels...
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Pristiophoridae (
sawsharks)
Genus Pliotrema Regan, 1906
Pliotrema annae Weigmann, Gon,
Leeney & Temple, 2020 (Anna's
sixgill sawshark)
Pliotrema kajae...
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changes in temperature. The ****anese
sawshark has a
varied diet of
small benthic organisms. Like
seemingly all
sawsharks, this
species is ovoviviparous. After...
- Berggren, P.; Jiddawi, N.; Temple, A.J. (2020). "Revision of the
sixgill sawsharks,
genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions...
- Berggren, P.; Jiddawi, N.; Temple, A.J. (2020). "Revision of the
sixgill sawsharks,
genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions...
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order Pristiophoriformes is a
small order of
unique sharks called sawsharks.
Sawsharks have a long
snout covered in teeth,
between 5-6 gill slits, and no...
