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Species
Critically Endangeredsmalltooth sawfish
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderRhinopristiformes
- FamilyPristidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- Commons category
- Pristis pectinata
- taxon name
- Pristis pectinata
- Commons gallery
- Pristis pectinata
- taxon common name
- Wide Sawfish
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) is a species of sawfish in the family Pristidae. It is found in shallow tropical and subtropical waters in coastal and estuarine parts of the Atlantic. Reports from elsewhere are now believed to be misidentifications of other species of sawfish. It is a critically endangered species that has disappeared from much of its historical range.
Distribution and habitat
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “smalltooth sawfish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.