Longcomb sawfish | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Pristiformes |
Family: | Pristidae |
Genus: | Pristis |
Species: | P. zijsron |
Binomial name | |
Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 |
The longcomb sawfish, Pristis zijsron, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, found in tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific oceans, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to southern China, and south to New South Wales, Australia, between latitudes 21° N and 37° S. This critically endangered species reaches a length of up to 7.3 metres (24 ft).