Bahamas sawshark
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Bahamas sawshark
| Bahamas sawshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
| Family: | Pristiophoridae |
| Genus: | Pristiophorus |
| Species: | P. schroederi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pristiophorus schroederi S. Springer & Bullis, 1960 |
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| Range of Bahamas sawshark (in blue) | |
The Bahamas sawshark, Pristiophorus schroederi, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the western Central Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas and Cuba at depths of between 400 and 1,000 m. These sharks are at least 80 cm long.
The Bahamas sawshark is found on continental and insular slopes. Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- Heupel (2005). Pristiophorus schroederi. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as data deficient
- "Pristiophorus schroederi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160778. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Pristiophorus schroederi" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- http://www.marinespecies.eu/species.php?species_group=sharks&id=228
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