Tropical Australian sawshark

Tropical Australian sawshark
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Pristiophoriformes
Family:	Pristiophoridae
Genus:	Pristiophorus
Species:	P. sp.B
Binomial name
Pristiophorus sp.B

Template:Sharksportal The Tropical Australian sawshark, Pristiophorus sp.B, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found off Queensland on the Great Barrier Reef at depths of between 300 and 400 m. Its length is up to 84 cm.

The Tropical Australian sawshark is small and slender with a long narrow tapering straight-sided saw. The barbels are either slightly closer to the rostral tip than the mouth, or equidistant.

Coloration is a uniform pale yellow-brown above, with no spots or bars, and white below.

Its reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

References

• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2