Sawfish 🐋

● Why in News?

» Extremely rare sawfish was caught in fishing nets in Karnataka.

● About

» Sawfish have a long-flattened head and body and an elongated snout.

» It is found in shallow water in subtropical and tropical regions of the world. 

» They are bottom dwellers.

» Sawfishes are ovoviviparous fishes, it means fertilized eggs grow within the body of female sawfishes and the young are born.

● Conservation Status:

» Large tooth sawfish: Critically Endangered

» Dwarf Saw Fish: Endangered

» Green Sawfish: Critically Endangered

» Small tooth Sawfish: Critically Endangered

» Narrow Sawfish: Endangered