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Pristidae
Pointed sawfish
Anoxypristis cuspidata
A toothed saw snout in tropical shallows
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
LargePointed sawfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a fish. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 470 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Shovelnose Rays
- Family
- Pristidae
- Genus
- Anoxypristis
- Maximum length
- 470 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: widespread, Red Sea to eastern Australia, north to Japan.
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Family
Conservation status
