Common sawfish  (Pristis pristis)

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Glossary

Benthic: The lowermost region of a marine habitat, the bottom.
Crustaceans: Diverse group of arthropods (a phylum of animals with jointed limbs and a hard chitinous exoskeleton) characterised by the possession of two pairs of antennae, one pair of mandibles (parts of the mouthparts used for handling and processing food) and two pairs of maxillae (appendages used in eating, which are located behind the mandibles). Includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, slaters, woodlice and barnacles.
Extirpated: Extinct in a particular area, but still exists elsewhere.
Ovoviviparous: Ovovivipary is a method of reproduction whereby the egg shell is weakly formed and young hatch inside the female; they are nourished by their yolk sac and then ‘born' live.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (January, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. Fowler, S.L., Cavanagh, R.D., Camhi, M., Burgess, G.H., Cailliet, G.M., Fordham, S.V., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Musick, J.A. (2005) Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes. IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  3. Carpenter, K.E. (2002) The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
  4. CITES (January, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  5. Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Proposal 17: Inclusion of the Sawfish family Pristidae in Appendix I (January, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/14/prop/index.shtml
  6. Bianchi, G. (1985) Field Guide to the Commercial Marine and Brackish-water Species of Pakistan. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
  7. Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas: Mediterranean Fishes (January, 2008)
    http://www.ibss.iuf.net/Atlas/medfishes/taxonomy/pristis_pristis.html
  8. Mote Marine Laboratory (January, 2008)
    http://www.mote.org/
  9. Fishbase (January, 2008)
    http://www.fishbase.org/