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Smalltooth Sawfish
Pristis pectinata
The Smalltooth Sawfish is a large, ray-like fish known for its long, flattened snout edged with sharp tooth-like structures, resembling a saw. This distinctive rostrum is used to detect and incapacitate prey in murky coastal waters. Once widespread in tropical and subtropical wa…
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- The Smalltooth Sawfish’s rostrum can make up nearly one-third of its total body length, sometimes exceeding 1.5 meters (5 feet) long.
- The saw-like snout of the Smalltooth Sawfish is packed with electroreceptors to detect hidden prey. Unlike sharks, sawfish give birth to live young, called pups, which are born with a flexible sheath covering their rostral teeth to protect the mother during birth. Sawfish are closely related to rays, not true sharks.
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