Longcomb sawfish
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| Longcomb sawfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
| 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).
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[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Pristis zijsron" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
