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common sawfish (Pristis pristis)
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Ecological Illustration of common sawfish (Pristis pristis)
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Pristidae

common sawfish

Pristis pristis

A sawfish entering tropical freshwaters

  • Cross-climate
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
  • Coastal
  • Estuary
  • Transcontinental
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

The largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis, syn. P. microdon and P. perotteti) is a species of sawfish in the family Pristidae. It is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal regions, but also enters freshwater.

Family
Pristidae
Genus
Pristis
Body shape
elongated
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