Lana's sawshark

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Lana's sawshark
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Pristiophoriformes
Family: Pristiophoridae
Genus: Pristiophorus
Species:
P. lanae
Binomial name
Pristiophorus lanae
& , 2013
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Range of Lana's sawshark

Lana's sawshark (Pristiophorus lanae) or the Philippine sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the Philippines off Apo Island and southern Luzon at depths of between 230 and 590 m. Its length is up to 73 cm.[1]

Max length : 66.9 cm TL male/unsexed, 83.0 cm TL (female)

Its reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

References[]

  1. ^ Ebert, David A.; Wilms, Hana A. (2013). "Pristiophorus lanae sp. nov., a new sawshark species from the Western North Pacific, with comments on the genus Pristiophorus Müller & Henle, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Pristiophoridae)". Zootaxa. 3752 (1): 86–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.7.
  • Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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