Philippine_sawshark

Lana's sawshark

Lana's sawshark

Species of shark

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]

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

Its reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

References

  1. [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. PMID 25229110.
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