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	sawshark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The sawsharks or saw sharks are an order (Pristiophoriformes) of sharks bearing long blade-like snouts edged with teeth, which they use to slash and disable their prey.
		Most occur in waters from South Africa to Australia and Japan, at depths of 40 m and below; in 1960 the Bahamas sawshark was discovered in the deeper waters (640 m to 915 m) of the northwestern Caribbean.
		Sawsharks also have a pair of long barbels about halfway along the snout.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /sawshark.html (269 words)

	Sawshark -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The sawsharks or saw sharks are an order (Pristiophoriformes) of (Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales) sharks bearing long blade-like snouts edged with teeth, which they use to slash and disable their prey.
		Sawsharks also have a pair of long (Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish) barbels about halfway along the snout.
		Japanese sawshark is used to make (Click link for more info and facts about kamaboko) kamaboko, a traditional type of fishcake.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sawshark.htm (235 words)

	Longnose Sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus) Sawsharks. Prisitophoridae. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sawsharks are easily confused with sawfish, which also have an elongated snout with teeth-like spikes and a similar body shape.
		There are two obvious differences: first are the tendrils on the snout of sawsharks which are missing on sawfish; secondly sawsharks have gills on the sides of their heads like most sharks, while the sawfish, being types of rays, have their gills underneath their heads.
		The sawsharks’ tendrils, which are found about halfway along the length of their snout or ‘saw’, are used to dislodge hidden prey in sandy or silty areas or to slash at passing fish.
	www.marinethemes.com /sawsharks.html (285 words)

	Saw Sharks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Sawshark is usually light brown with two dorsal fins and five gill slits (one species has six).
		One, the Bahamas Sawshark, is found in these islands and off Cuba and Florida on or near the bottom over continental shelves and insular slopes.
		Sawsharks are ovoviviparous with 7 to 17 large young, each having a large yolk sac that is completely absorbed before birth.
	www.jawsandteeth.com /saw_sharks%20A.htm (251 words)

	Sharks.com - Common Sawshark Pictures and Information at Sharks.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Like all the sawshark family, it is immediately recognizable from its saw-like snout with a pair of barbels.
		However the sawshark's five pairs of gills are on the side of its head, while the sawfish's gills are underneath.
		The common sawshark is a slender shark with a slightly depressed and flattened body.
	www.sharks.com /types-of-sharks/common-sawshark.htm (367 words)

	Pristiophoriformes: Sawsharks
		A representative pristiophoroid, the Common Sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus), showing the rostral saw, long nasal barbels, gill slits on the side of the head, and lack of an anal fin that characterizes the group.
		The rostral teeth of sawsharks are replaced when broken or lost, unlike those of sawfishes (in which damaged or missing rostral teeth are not replaced).
		Sawsharks are fished commercially off southern Australia - where two species are caught, the Common Sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus) and the Southern Sawshark (Pristiophorus nudipinnis) - and in the western North Pacific - where the Japanese Sawshark (Pristiophorus japonicus) is highly valued for making "kamaboko" (a traditional Japanese fishcake).
	www.elasmo-research.org /education/shark_profiles/pristiophoriformes.htm (517 words)

	Conservation Overview and Action Plan for Australian Threatened and Potentially Threatened Marine and Estuarine Fishes ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sawsharks use their sensory barbels to locate food in the sand and then uproot their prey with vigorous movements of the snout (Last and Stevens, 1994).
		The vast majority of the sawshark catch is the SSF is taken in Bass Strait (R. Hudson, pers.
		Accurate catch statistics which separate individual species are essential information in determining which of the sawshark species comprise the majority of the catches for each fishery.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/publications/marine-fish-action/pristiophoridae1.html (1028 words)

	Australian Museum - Wild Kids - Sharks - Common Sawshark
		Common Sawsharks have their replaceable saw teeth folded back until they are born, so they do not hurt their mother when they are inside her body.
		Common Sawsharks live on or near the sea floor, at depths of 40 m to 310 m.
		Common Sawsharks' teeth stick out from their snout and are long and pointed.
	www.austmus.gov.au /wild_kids/sharks/common_sawshark.htm (145 words)

	Discovery Channel - Sharks
		The sawsharks are among the most distinctive shark species, thanks to the saw-like snout (called the rostrum) embedded with teeth.
		This curious adaptation is an effective one, which the sharks use to browse through sandy or muddy bottoms for food which they then stun with swipes from their saws.
		The sixgill sawshark is the only shark apart from the frilled shark that is known to have six gills, rather than the usual five or seven.
	www.discoverychannelasia.com /sharks/detail/sixgill_sawshark/index.shtml (118 words)

	Bahamas Sawshark Information and Pictures at Sharks.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sawsharks are often confused with sawfishes, which are rays.
		They are named for their most prominent feature which is an extremely long, narrow saw-like snout with a pair of barbels.
		The bahamas sawshark has a slender body with two dorsal fins opposite of free rear tips of pectoral fins, with five gill slits on the sides of the body.
	www.sharks.com /types-of-sharks/bahamas-sawshark.htm (211 words)

	Eastern Sawshark, Pristiophorus sp. A
		An 85cm long Eastern Sawshark bought at Sydney Fish Markets by B.Yau, April 2003.
		It occurs in continental shelf and slope waters (100m-630m) from northern New South Wales to eastern Victoria.
		Both the Common Sawshark and Southern Sawshark occur in Australia's southern temperate waters.
	www.amonline.net.au /fishes/fishfacts/fish/pristioph.htm (223 words)

	FIGIS - FAO/SIDP Species Identification Sheet: Pristiophorus nudipinnis
		A common temperate-subtropical sawshark of the Australian continental shelf, found on or near the bottom,at 37 to 165 m depth.
		This was distinguished from other sawsharks by its equally long rostral teeth (other species have teeth of different sizes).
		However, McCulloch's sawshark and another iuvenile nudipinnis of similar size and rostral teeth examined by me in the Australian Museum (Sydney, AMS I 21303-001) are considerably larger (44.5 to 44.6 cm long) than a newborn specimen of apparent nudipinnis (SU 25492, 27.5 cm total length) from Australia which has owenii-like even rostral teeth.
	www.fao.org /figis/servlet/species?fid=14566 (513 words)

	sawshark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There is a saw shark called Bahamas sawshark and ranges down to 3,000 feet and looks for some prey.
		The sawshark's diet is mostly of bony fish, small fish, crustaceans, and squid.
		The sawshark can be found in the western Pacific, the western North Atlantic, the southern Atlantic, and the western Indian Oceans.
	www.shrewsbury-ma.gov /schools/Central/Curriculum/ELEMENTARY/SCIENCE/sharks/sawshark/sawshark.htm (190 words)

	Richard Ellis Gallery:
		(The sawsharks are distinguished from the sawfish, Pristis, by the presence of gill slits on the lateral surface.
		Like the sawsharks, however, the angel sharks' gill slits are partly lateral, while those of the rays or batoid fishes are always on the underside.
		In addition, the pectoral fins of the rays are fused to the side of the head, while those of the angel sharks (and of the sawsharks as well) are free at the anterior edges.
	www.postmodern.com /~fi/sharkpics/ellis/primitiv.htm (634 words)

	Sawshark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Others like the Thresher shark and Sawshark have adapted themselves to hunting schooling prey, flailing their elongated tail or tooth-studded rostrum amongst a school of fish until sufficient are...
		Peter Stephenson and Norm Hall Microstructure of the Oviducal Gland in the Common Sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus Browyn Stevens, Geoff Shaw, Terence Walker and William Hamlett Remodelling of the...
		41510.jpg Longnose Sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus) S03A03 41511.jpg Longnose Sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus) S03A03 41548.jpg Longnose Sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus) S03A03 41565.jpg Longnose...
	swordfishattack.muleswordfish.com /sawshark (814 words)

	FIGIS - FAO/SIDP Species Identification Sheet: Pristiophorus cirratus
		of lateral gill slits, long, narrow sawshark snout 27 to 28% of total length, largely lanceolate denticles, two spineless dorsal fins, and no anal fin.
		A common temperate-subtropical sawshark of the continental shelf and upper slope of Australia, found near or on the bottom,from close inshore to at least 311 m depth.
		I have examined two specimens of sawsharks from the Philippines which may be this species or P.
	www.fao.org /figis/servlet/species?fid=14564 (445 words)

	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Pristiophorus cirratus
		Sawsharks can be distinguished from the morphologically similar sawfishes by lateral (as opposed to ventral) gill slits and the presence of barbels originating from the rostrum.
		Another threat is their capture as byproduct in the South East Trawl Fishery, which targets a range of quota teleost species with demersal trawl nets off New South Wales, eastern Victoria and eastern Tasmania.
		The sawshark catch from this sector was 106 tonnes during 2002.
	www.redlist.org /search/details.php?species=39327 (1191 words)

	Pristiophoriformes: Sawsharks
		The inset to the far right is a detail of a rostral tooth, showing the shallow root.
		Sawsharks are strongly bottom-oriented, occurring over sand or mud substrates.
		Temperate sawsharks inhabit shallow bays and estuaries, but one tropical species - the Bahamian Sawshark (Pristiophorus schroederi) - occurs at depths from 2 100 to 3,000 feet (640 to 915 metres).
	elasmo-research.org /education/shark_profiles/pristiophoriformes.htm (517 words)

	Marine Fisheries Review: Deepwater and other sharks of the U.S. Atlantic Ocean Exclusive Economic Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The American sawshark is a poorly known deepwater species, inhabiting waters of the continental and insular slopes.
		Biology The American sawshark is easily recognized by its snout, which is prolonged into a long flat blade.
		The American sawshark is not to be confused with the sawfish, the latter being a shark-like ray of the batoid family Pristidae.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3089/is_4_65/ai_n13813167/pg_6 (1358 words)

	Shark of the Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sawfish and sawsharks are very similar to each other, although the sawfish are larger and technically classified as rays rather than sharks.
		The sawsharks get their name from their long, bladelike snouts, edged with slender, needle-sharp teeth sticking straight out on either side.
		Those ignorant dolphins take a special delight in bullying these big-hearted creatures and one of these days the sawsharks are going to get fed up and separate their whippers from their snappers.
	www.sharktown.com /sawshark.html (299 words)

	Sawshark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Viewers witness a sawshark, with its teeth outside its mouth, an octopus that mates at arms length, and a cone shell that can kill a human with its poisonous dart.
		Three new genera and species of tapewworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with description of their modes of attachment to the spiral intestine.
		Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with description of their modes of attachment to the spiral intestine.
	swordfishattack.shooswordfish.com /sawshark (811 words)

	Longnose Sawshark - educational resources
		You can submit additional web links for the Longnose Sawshark using the form below.
		ADW: Pristiophorus cirratus: Classification: Pristiophorus cirratus (longnose sawshark).
		Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark,
	animals.mongabay.com /iucn/L/Longnose_Sawshark.html (100 words)

	Interaktive Phylogenetic Tree of Sharks -> Order "Sawsharks"
		Saw sharks (9 species) are a very unusual group that is often confused with sawfishes, which are rays.
		The most obvious difference between the two is that saw sharks possess barbels and the teeth, located on the prolonged snout, are different sizes.
		One species, the sixgil sawshark (Pliotrema warrani), possesses 6 gill slits and lives on the south-eastern Cape Coast of South Africa.
	www.shark.ch /Database/PhylogeneticTree/sh_ord.html?order=Pristiophoriformes (98 words)

	Bahamas Saw Shark
		Sawshark - The sawsharks or saw sharks are an order (Pristiophoriformes) of sharks bearing long...
		Pristiophoriformes: Sawsharks -...to tropical zones in the western Atlantic (Florida, Bahamas, and Cuba...
		Sharks: Bahamas Sawshark Information and Pictures -...is still on its saw.
	powerful-tools.com /bahamas-saw-shark.html (830 words)

	Interaktive Phylogenetic Tree of Sharks -> Family "Sawsharks"
		Saw sharks are a very unusual group of sharks with a very long flat snout and lateral sawteeth.
		The biology of saw sharks is poorly known.
		Except for the Bahamas sawshark, Pristiophorus schroederi, all of them live on the southern hemisphere.
	www.shark.ch /Database/PhylogeneticTree/sh_fam.html?fam=5005 (146 words)

	Diversity of Feeding Mechanisms in Sharks
		A few groups of sharks and rays depend on structures outside of the mouth to capture prey.
		The sawfishes (Pristiformes) and sawsharks (Pristiophoriformes) have developed flattened, blade-like snouts armed with lateral teeth with which they disable prey.
		The electric rays (Torpediniformes) have evolved powerful electrogenic organs that enable them to stun prey.
	www.elasmo-research.org /education/topics/p_feeding_div.htm (660 words)

	ELASMO.COM - ELASMO.COM - Heim, Lee Creek - Sawshark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sawsharks are a little-known species, both in Lee Creek and today's western Atlantic.
		Their flattened body has a greatly extended snout.
		Due to the small size and appearance, they could easily be mistaken for a broken tooth blade.
	www.elasmo.com /heim/bh-prist.html (119 words)

	sawshark - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word sawshark:
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "sawshark" is defined.
		sawshark : Hutchinson Dictionary of Animals [home, info]
	onelook.com /?w=sawshark (76 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		GMRune: 1 damage to each Sawshark and 135 damage to the Megastar.
		He blurs as he uses his staff's technique to assault the sawsharks!
		GMRune: Sawsharks are weak against thunder and strong against fire!
	home.earthlink.net /~kazyr/session58.txt (3221 words)

	Bibliography of the Mediterranean Shark Research Group
		BECK, A. and W.C. Histology of the testis, male genital ducts and spermatozeugmata formation in the Southern sawshark, Pristiophorus nudipinnis.
		BECK, A. WALKER and W.C. Histology of the testis, male genital ducts and spermatozeugmata formation in the Southern sawshark, Pristiophorus nudipinnis.
		STEVENS, B., G. and W. Microstructure of the oviducal gland in the common sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus.
	freeweb.supereva.com /alessandrodemaddalena/bibliography.html (5600 words)

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