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Pristiophorus

shark genus
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The genus Pristiophorus contains about nine species of saw sharks, which are marine sharks characterized by a long, saw-like snout with sharp, tooth-like projections on each edge. These sharks are found in tropical and temperate waters across the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.1

Saw sharks resemble sawfish but possess a pair of barbels on the underside of their snout and have gill slits on the sides of their heads. They grow to about 1.37 meters (4.5 feet) and feed on fish by striking with their saws, though they are harmless to humans. The family Pristiophoridae, which includes the saw sharks, is a small group of chiefly tropical sharks.12

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