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The longnose sawshark has a slender, slightly flattened body [2] with a very long rostrum that can make up to 30% of its total body length. It has pale yellow or grayish-brown dorsal coloring, white ventral coloring, and variegated, sometimes faint dark blotches, spots, and bars on its back.
A sawshark or saw shark is a member of a shark order (Pristiophoriformes / p r ɪ s t i ˈ ɒ f ɒr ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /) bearing a unique long, saw-like rostrum (snout or bill) edged with sharp teeth, which they use to slash and disable their prey.
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The body of this shark is slightly compressed, and its rostrum is narrow. The two dorsal fins are almost identical in size. In color, the dorsal side of this sawshark tends to be uniformly slate gray, with few or no markings. The ventral side is pale white or cream.
LeeBeth, a 14-foot, 2,600-pound great white shark, was caught in December at Hilton Head and outfitted with a GPS transmitter. Her last known location was 20 miles south of Gulfport, Mississippi ...
This shark has a long, narrow rostrum. Its first dorsal fin originates behind the tips of the pectoral fins, and its caudal fin is angled almost straight in line with the body. The Japanese sawshark reaches a maximum length of up to 1.36 m (4 ft 6 in).
The leiomano is a shark-toothed club used by various Polynesian cultures, primarily by the Native Hawaiians. [1] The word "leiomano" is derived from the Hawaiian language and may originate from lei o manō, meaning "a shark's lei." [2] The weapon resembles a thick ping-pong paddle inset with shark teeth, typically from the tiger shark. These ...
Sawfish have a strong shark-like body, a flat underside and a flat head. Pristis sawfish have a rough sandpaper-like skin texture because of the covering of dermal denticles, but in Anoxypristis the skin is largely smooth. [1] The mouth and nostrils are placed on the underside of the head. [1]