Shortnose sawshark
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| Shortnose sawshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
| Family: | Pristiophoridae |
| Genus: | Pristiophorus |
| Species: | P. nudipinnis |
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| Pristiophorus nudipinnis Günther, 1870 |
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The shortnose sawshark, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found along the eastern coast of Australia at depths of between 37 and 165 m.
The shortnose sawshark has a length up to 1.2 m. Its reproduction is ovoviviparous, with size of pups at birth about 25 cm.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Pristiophorus nudipinnis" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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