Sixgill sawshark Fossil range: 23–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Miocene to Present[1]
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Pristiophoriformes
Family:	Pristiophoridae
Genus:	Pliotrema
Species:	P. warreni
Binomial name
Pliotrema warreni Regan, 1906
Range of sixgill sawshark shark (in blue)

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The sixgill sawshark, Pliotrema warreni, the only member of the genus Pliotrema, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the subtropical waters of the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 23° S and 37° S, at depths of between 60 and 430 m. Its length is up to about 1.7 m.

[edit] See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

[edit] References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 

• "Pliotrema warreni". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.