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SpeciesRhinopristiformesPristidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Largetooth sawfish

Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Der Gewöhnliche Sägefisch (Pristis pristis), auch Sägerochen, Schwerthai oder Leichhardts Sägerochen (nach Ludwig Leichhardt) genannt, ist eine Art der Familie der Sägerochen (Pristidae). Die Fische können über 6 Meter lang werden und ein Höchstalter von über 50 Jahren erreichen.

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Also called
Common sawfish
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
2.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
30 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Largetooth sawfish

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
2.5 mrecord 7.5 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
30 yearsmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
3.97
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.97 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Largetooth sawfish yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderRhinopristiformes
  5. ›familyPristidae
  6. ›genusPristis
  7. ›speciesPristis pristis
Full lineage
  1. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  2. superorderBatoidea
  3. familyPristidae
  4. genusPristis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. superorderBatoidea
  9. familyPristidae
  10. genusPristis
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peix serra comú (ca), Gewöhnlicher Sägefisch (de), harmaasaharausku (fi), Poisson-scie commun (fr), Gewone zaagvis (nl), Piła zwyczajna (pl) … and 13 more languages
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Pristis pristis Georgia Aquarium Jan 2006Freshwater Sawfish Aquarium of the Pacific
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