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“Sawfish are some of the largest species of fish in the world — longer than a great white shark — and they have a chainsaw for a nose, but they are one of the most endangered fish in the ...
A 5-foot sawfish tagged off Florida’s gulf coast showed up on opposite side of the state and doubled in size, state project finds.
Smalltooth sawfish, which Poulakis describes as looking "like a shark with a hedge-trimmer for a nose," were listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 2003; the species' current ...
Concerns center on the smalltooth sawfish, a species that is part of the ray family and known for its long, flat nose, which is accentuated by sharp teeth and looks much like a saw (hence the name).
The trail of sick or dead endangered sawfish in the Keys stretched across 78 miles of shallow water, from Boca Grande to Long Key State Park, according to records for the period from Jan. 30 to ...
According to ABC News, fishers and scientists in Northern Australia partnered for a three-year study to research the sawfish — "a type of modified ray, with a saw-like nose on its head, called a ...
Sawfish are a type of modified ray, with a saw-like nose on its head, called a rostrum, and a shark-like body, which can grow up to seven metres long. The rostrum alone can reach up to three metres.
The University of North Florida Shark Biology Program caught, tagged, and released the first sawfish recorded in its 16 years of surveying shark populations in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
A large sawfish that showed signs of distress was rescued by wildlife officials in the Florida Keys, where more than three dozen of the ancient and endangered fish have died for unexplained ...
A 5-foot sawfish tagged off Florida’s gulf coast showed up on opposite side of the state and doubled in size, state project finds.
An endangered smalltooth sawfish was not what Mac Johnson expected to be at the end of his fishing line when he went shark fishing with some buddies around New Year’s Day, but this one needed help.