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Shortnose sawshark

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

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

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