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Anoxypristis

fish genus
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  • Teeth in vertebrates have been adapted for special uses
    sawfish

    … forming the genera Pristis and Anoxypristis in the family Pristidae. Sawfishes are found in shallow water in subtropical and tropical regions of the world. They are bottom dwellers, frequenting bays and estuaries and sometimes swimming considerable distances up rivers; one species, the largetooth sawfish (P. pristis) lives and breeds in…

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    … forming the genera Pristis and Anoxypristis in the family Pristidae. Sawfishes are found in shallow water in subtropical and tropical regions of the world. They are bottom dwellers, frequenting bays and estuaries and sometimes swimming considerable distances up rivers; one species, the largetooth sawfish (P. pristis) lives and breeds in…

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