Dwarf sawfish

The smalltooth sawfish is ovoviviparous, meaning the mother holds the eggs inside of her until the young are ready to be born, usually in litters of 15 to 20 pups.

The Dwarf sawfish is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The dwarf sawfish or Queensland sawfish, Pristis clavata, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, found in tropical Australia. With a maximum length of approximately 1.4 metres (4.6 ft), this critically endangered species is by far the smallest species in its family. More

The dwarf sawfish was first described in 1906 by Samuel Garman, a legendary anatomist and the first official curator of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles at the Museum of Comparative Zo More

* Dwarf sawfish, Pristis clavata Garman, 1906. Also known as the Queensland sawfish. More

very few reports of dwarf sawfish caught in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria. They are also found in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Inhabits coastal foreshores and embayments mostly in its juvenile life stages and marine waters in its adult life stages. More

The dwarf sawfish has no lower lobe on its tail fin and the origin of the first dorsal fin is over the pelvic fin origin. More

The green sawfish is distinguished from the dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata) by its narrow-based and moderately tapering rostrum (versus wide-based and strongly tapering), greater number of rostral teeth per side (23-37 versus 18-23), More

Dentition: Oral dentition of the dwarf sawfish is similar in both jaws , exhibiting many rows of blunt teeth with rounded cusps and smooth surfaces. More

species: the dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata) and the scalloped hammerhead, (Sphyrna lewini). The dwarf sawfish is caught in gillnets and is considered by the Australian Society for Fish Biology to be endangered. More

dwarf sawfish and the green sawfish, both caught in gillnets, are listed as endangered. The Sawfish. More

Dwarf Sawfish (Pristis clavata) has a rounder head and evenly spaced rostral teeth, the Narrow Sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) has a much narrower rostrum, and the Freshwater or Broadbill Sawfish (Pristis microdon) has a distinct lower tail lobe, a broader rostral base, and More

* Dwarf sawfish, Pristis clavata Garman, 1906. Also known as the Queensland sawfish. Inhabits muddy bays and estuaries along the northern coast of Australia. Relatively small compared to other species, only around 1.4 m. More

(Anoxypristis cuspidata), dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata), freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon) and green sawfish (Pristis zijsron) occur mainly in inshore coastal waters and riverine environments of tropical northern Australia. More

Stirling Peverell of the Cairns-based Queensland Department of Primary Industries Northern Fisheries Centre with two northern Australian species: the dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata) and the scalloped hammerhead, (Sphyrna lewini). More

6 foot) dwarf sawfish, Pristis clavata, a species much smaller than most other sawfish. The largest species seem to be the largetooth sawfish, Pristis microdon and the southern sawfish, Pristis perotteti, both of which can exceed 7 m (23 feet) in length. More

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