Species FAO code: RPA

Anoxypristis cuspidata

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Slovakia	sk piliar ploskozubý	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Anoxypristis cuspidata (Latham, 1794)

Habitat

Saltwater
Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Anoxypristis cuspidata (Latham, 1794)

Distribution maps

Source: Aquamaps - Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Anoxypristis cuspidata

Scientific name

Anoxypristis cuspidata

Author

(Latham, 1794)

Rank

Species

FAO code

RPA

Morphological description

Greyish above, pale below; fins usually pale. Body shark-like, pectoral fins distinct; head flattened, with a blade-like snout bearing 18-22 pairs of lateral teeth; blade slender, not tapering distally. Nostrils very narrow with small nasal flaps. Rostral teeth short, flattened, broadly triangular, lacking a groove along posterior margins; no teeth on basal quarter of blade. Adults with widely spaced denticles, young with naked skin.

Taxonomic classification

ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderPristiformes
  - FamilyPristidae
    - GenusAnoxypristis
      - SpeciesAnoxypristis cuspidata

Synonyms

Squalus semisagittatus Shaw, 1804
Pristis cuspidatus Latham, 1794
Pristis cuspidata Latham, 1794
Anoxypristis cuspidate (Latham, 1794)
Anoxypristis cuspidatus (Latham, 1794)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Anoxypristis cuspidata (Latham, 1794)

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Anoxypristis cuspidata

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Hooks and lines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 1 - Africa - Inland waters

Area 4 - Asia - Inland waters

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Distribution maps