Smalltooth Sawfish
Pristis pectinata
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Sharks and rays
The smalltooth sawfish is a species of sawfish in the family Pristidae. It is found in shallow tropical and subtropical waters in coastal and estuarine parts of the Atlantic. Reports from elsewhere are now believed to be misidentifications of other species of sawfish. It is a critically endangered species that has disappeared from much of its historical range.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Rhinopristiformes
- Family
- Pristidae
- Genus
- Pristis