Shortnose sawshark
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Pristiophoriformes
Family:	Pristiophoridae
Genus:	Pristiophorus
Species:	P. nudipinnis
Binomial name
Pristiophorus nudipinnis Günther, 1870
Range of shortnose sawshark (in blue)

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The shortnose sawshark, Pristiophorus nudipinnis, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the eastern coast of Australia at depths of between 37 and 165 m.

The shortnose sawshark has a length up to 1.2 m. Its reproduction is ovoviviparous, with size of pups at birth about 25 cm.

[edit] References

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

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