largetooth sawfish

Pristis microdon

A short massive saw carries two rows of giant teeth

Tropical
Transcontinental
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

largetooth sawfish is known around Indo-West Pacific as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 700 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Shovelnose Rays
Family: Pristidae
Genus: Pristis
Maximum length: 700 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to New Guinea, north to the Philippines and Viet Nam, south to Australia. Also Atlantic and eastern Pacific if Pristis perotteti and Pristis zephyreus are synonymized with this species. The original description of Pristis microdon did not give a locality, but most authors have used the name Pristis microdon for the Indo-West Pacific sawfishes of this species group as contrasted from the Atlantic Pristis perotteti and the eastern Pacific Pristis zephyreus .

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