sawfish

noun

saw·fish ˈsȯ-ˌfish

: any of a family (Pristidae) of large elongate rays that resemble sharks but have a long flattened snout with a row of serrate structures along each edge and that live in tropical and subtropical shallow seas and in or near the mouths of rivers

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This analysis tracks how the depletion of the largest species—like sawfishes and rhino rays—began in nearshore waters and has since cascaded through the food web, affecting even the deep-sea habitats. —

Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Four of the world’s five sawfish species — the Freshwater, Narrow, Dwarf, and Green sawfish — are found in Australia’s tropical waters, but even here, their numbers have dwindled. —

Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 The study, spanning from 2011 to 2022, involved the genetic analysis of 104 green sawfish individuals. —

Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Read More: Almost 20 Million Years Ago, Sharks Nearly Went Extinct — Nobody Knows Why Investigating Other Pollutants Yet, that concern over coastal pollution has come to a head with the ongoing mass die off of endangered small-tooth sawfish in the Florida Keys. —

Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for sawfish