Pointed-head saw ray

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Pointed-head saw ray
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Pointed-head saw ray ( Anoxypristis cuspidata )

Systematics
Subclass : Plate gill (Elasmobranchii)
without rank: Stingray (batoidea)
Order : Rhinopristiformes
Family : Sawfish (Pristidae)
Genre : Anoxypristis
Type : Pointed-head saw ray
Scientific name of the  genus
Anoxypristis
EI White & Moy-Thomas , 1941
Scientific name of the  species
Anoxypristis cuspidata
( Latham , 1794)

The pointed head saw-ray ( Anoxypristis cuspidata ) is a species from the family of saw-rays and the only member of the genus Anoxypristis . The fish live in the Red Sea , the Persian Gulf , off New Guinea , off the south coast of Japan and the north coast of Australia .

features

toothed snout of the pointed head saw ray

The body of the pointed-head saw ray is shark-like with wing-like pectoral fins, the upper side is gray with pale white fins, the underside is also pale white. The head is flat with a sword-shaped, even snout with 18 to 22 pairs of laterally protruding, triangular teeth. The largest known specimen had a total length of 4.70 m, an unconfirmed catch of 6.10 m.

Way of life

The fish live near the coast in shallow water between 0 and 40 m, preferably in river deltas , occasionally they also swim up river courses. They feed on smaller fish and cuttlefish . The pointed-head saw-ray is, like all saw-rays, ovoviviparous .

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