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Pristiophorus japonicus Günther, 1870

Japanese sawshark
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Although reported in various references (Ref. 247, 559) Shen (1993, Ref. 5193) states that it does not occur in Taiwan.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Requin scie moustache, Tiburón sierra japonés, قرش مِنشار ياباني, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Pristiophoriformes (Saw sharks) > Pristiophoridae (Saw sharks)
Etymology: Pristiophorus: pristio-, presumably derived from prio (Gr.), to saw, but treated here as a noun (a saw); phorus, from phoreus (Gr.), bearer or carrier, referring to saw-like snout (note also that pristis is Greek for sawfish). (See ETYFish);  japonicus: -icus (L.), belonging to: Japan, where type locality (not specified) is situated. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

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