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The '''Tropical Australian sawshark''', ''Pristiophorus sp.B'', is a [[sawshark]] of the [[family (biology)|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''', ''Pristiophorus sp.B'', is a [[sawshark]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Pristiophoridae]], found off [[Queensland]] on the [[Great Barrier Reef]] at depths of between 300 and 400 [[metre|m]]. Its length is up to 84 [[centimetre|cm]].
The Tropical Australian sawshark is small and slender with a long narrow tapering straight-sided saw. The [[barbel]]s are either slightly closer to the rostral tip than the mouth, or equidistant.

The tropical Australian sawshark is small and slender with a long narrow tapering straight-sided saw. The [[barbel]]s 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.
Coloration is a uniform pale yellow-brown above, with no spots or bars, and white below.

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Tropical Australian sawshark
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P. sp.B
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Pristiophorus sp.B

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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