Pristiophorus Temporal range:
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Shortnose Sawshark, (P. nudipinnis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
Family: | Pristiophoridae |
Genus: |
Pristiophorus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 |
Type species | |
Pristis cirratus Latham, 1794
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Pristiophorus is a genus of sawsharks found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Members of this genus differ from the Sixgill Sawshark ( Pliotrema warreni) in having five gill slits. Their rostral sawteeth lack prominent transverse ridges on the basal ledges, and the large teeth are not posteriorly serrated. [1]
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [2] [3]
Pristiophorus Temporal range:
| |
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Shortnose Sawshark, (P. nudipinnis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
Family: | Pristiophoridae |
Genus: |
Pristiophorus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 |
Type species | |
Pristis cirratus Latham, 1794
|
Pristiophorus is a genus of sawsharks found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Members of this genus differ from the Sixgill Sawshark ( Pliotrema warreni) in having five gill slits. Their rostral sawteeth lack prominent transverse ridges on the basal ledges, and the large teeth are not posteriorly serrated. [1]
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [2] [3]