- Classification
- CHONDRICHTHYES
- PRISTIOPHORIFORMES
- PRISTIOPHORIDAE
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Fish Classification
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Class
CHONDRICHTHYES Sharks, rays ... -
Order
PRISTIOPHORIFORMES -
Family
PRISTIOPHORIDAE Sawsharks -
Genera
Pristiophorus(3)
Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE
Common name: Sawsharks
Summary:
A small group of slender flattened sharks with an narrow, flattened tapering rostrum edged with slender sharp rostral teeth and a pair of long rostral barbels in front of the nostrils. Sawsharks have two dorsal fins, a short transverse mouth, small cuspidate teeth in both jaws and no anal fin.
Sawsharks differ from the morphologically similar sawfishes in having lateral (as opposed to ventral) gill slits and the presence of barbels originating from the rostrum (snout).
Sawsharks differ from the morphologically similar sawfishes in having lateral (as opposed to ventral) gill slits and the presence of barbels originating from the rostrum (snout).
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Sawsharks, PRISTIOPHORIDAE in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/family/185
References
Ebert, D.A. & Cailliet, G.M. (2011) Pristiophorus nancyae, a new species of sawshark (Chondrichthyes: Pristiophoridae) from southern Africa.Bulletin Marine Science 87(3): 501–512. http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2010.1108 PDF Open access
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2008) A new species of sawshark, Pristiophorus delicatus sp. nov. (Pristiophoriformes: Pristiophoridae), from northeastern Australia. In: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds), Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 022: 23–33.