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sawfish) Sawfishes are related to skates and rays. They are large, flattened fishes averaging 5 m/16 ft in length but maximum weights of more than 2,200 kg/5,000 lb have been recorded. Sawfishes use their elongated, toothed snouts to grub for molluscs and crustaceans on muddy seabeds. Any fish of the order Pristiformes of large, sharklike rays, characterized by a flat, sawlike snout edged with teeth. The common sawfish Pristis pectinatus, also called the smalltooth, is more than 6 m/19 ft long. It has some 24 teeth along an elongated snout (2 m/6 ft) that can be used as a weapon. |
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