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Other names: longcomb sawfish, long snout sawfish, narrow snout sawfish, narrow-snouted
sawfish, and sawfish
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pristiformes
Class: Chondrichthyes/ Elasmobranchii
Family: Pristidae
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GEOGRAPHIC RANGE young to stay near the coast and estuaries. A
There has been a severe depletion in certain sawfishes sexual maturity is reached at the
areas. Pristis zijsron inhabit various age of nine years.
locations, which include: Their maximum age is unknown. However,
- Australia as stated before, they live a life span of fifty
- Bahrain years.
- Eritrea
- Indonesia CONSERVATION STATUS AND
- Kenya THREATS
- Malaysia Pristis zijsron are endangered. This is
- Papua New Guinea caused by entanglement in fishnets, gear,
- Qatar lines, and travels. Also, their population
- Sudan decreases due to the fact of loss of habitat,
- United Arab Emirates as well as inadequate regulatory
mechanisms. P. zijsron also suffer from
ecological risks. Humans cut off their snouts
and fins for trade, causing for the specie to
die off.
CONSERVATION ACTIONS
There has been many things that have been
done to protect critically endangered
species. For example, P. zijsron are
Map indicating distribution of Pristis protected in Australia by federal and state
zijsron. legislation, and in various states. However,
there is still lack of enforcement and
FEEDING BEHAVIORS regulations to this day. There has been
AND DIET prohibition of trade to further protect the
According to the Florida Museum webpage, specie. Protection is highly encouraged
P.zijsron use their “rostrom in a side to side everywhere.
slashing motion to dislodge invertebrates
from substrate and to stun schooling fishes”.
This organism mostly feeds on crustaceans
and molluscs.
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