Longcomb sawfish

Longcomb sawfish: Longcomb sawfish

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes

Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Order: Pristiformes

Family: Pristidae

Genus: Pristis

Species: P. zijsron

Binomial name

Pristis zijsron
Bleeker, 1851

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The longcomb sawfish, Pristis zijsron, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, found in tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific oceans, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to southern China, and south to New South Wales, Australia, between latitudes 21° N and 37° S. This critically endangered species reaches a length of up to 7.3 metres (24 ft).

See also

List of sharks

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Pristis zijsron" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

External links

Categories:
IUCN Red List critically endangered species
Pristidae
Ovoviviparous fish

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