: any of a family (Pristidae) of large elongate rays that resemble sharks but have a long flattened snout with a row of serrate structures along each edge and that live in tropical and subtropical shallow seas and in or near the mouths of rivers
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Four of the world’s five sawfish species — the Freshwater, Narrow, Dwarf, and Green sawfish — are found in Australia’s tropical waters, but even here, their numbers have dwindled.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The study, spanning from 2011 to 2022, involved the genetic analysis of 104 green sawfish individuals.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Yet, that concern over coastal pollution has come to a head with the ongoing mass die off of endangered small-tooth sawfish in the Florida Keys.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2024
Grubbs is also a member of the sawfish recovery team and was on the boat last week when the crew caught the healthy sawfish.
—Max Chesnes, Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The study, spanning from 2011 to 2022, involved the genetic analysis of 104 green sawfish individuals.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Read More: Almost 20 Million Years Ago, Sharks Nearly Went Extinct — Nobody Knows Why
Investigating Other Pollutants
Yet, that concern over coastal pollution has come to a head with the ongoing mass die off of endangered small-tooth sawfish in the Florida Keys.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2024
Grubbs is also a member of the sawfish recovery team and was on the boat last week when the crew caught the healthy sawfish.
—Max Chesnes, Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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sawfish
noun
saw·fish
ˈsȯ-ˌfish 
: any of several mostly tropical rays that resemble sharks but have a long flat snout with sharp toothlike structures along both edges
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