Smalltooth+sawfish

Omar Azizbi __**Species name**__:Smalltooth Sawfish
 * __Scientific name__**:Pristis pectinata
 * __Nickname__**: The savage carpenter

__**What category is the species**__: The Smalltooth sawfish is a fish

  __**What does the species look like**__: The smalltooth sawfish resembles a shark that is flatter and it also has an elongated nose that has a plethora of spiked teeth lining the outer edges of it, it it uses this as a sort of defence mechanism. They can grow over 20 feet. **__What does the species eat:__** You would expect this species to prey on larger animals but they typically eat small fish and invertebrates because they have a fairly small mouth and therefore they cannot devour larger fish. Breeding: The mother sawfish will begin developing eggs withing its body and when the embreyos are fully developed the mother then gives birth to the live young. so that means that they are ovoviviparous.


 * __ Habitat: __**
 * They are located in tropical coastal regions of the atlantic ocean and in some parts of the mediterranean.
 * Throughout history the population of smalltooth sawfish has dramatically declined, primarily due to the fact that many people hunt them for their long "saws".
 * These animals are not migratory.
 * They dont live above or below ground, they live in the ocean. and as for hibernation, they dont hibernate.
 * The smalltooth sawfish is a predator.

The smalltooth sawfish is now endangered because fisherman target them as a good way to make money because their saws sell for a hefty sum of money to avid collectors that are willing to pay nearly 3000 dollars for a simple sawfish saw! they are both hunted for food and the value of their body parts. currently, there are not many diseases that affect the population of smalltooth sawfish.
 * __Problems: __**

__**Solutions: **__ They are now protecting and restoring the lost or previously damaged habitats of smalltooth sawfish and they are also going to put in place laws that will force people to release the smalltooh sawfish or else they will face severe fines, and or jail time; that includes people that catch them as by-catches in fishing nets, pole fishing, and spear fishing. they are also being protected from being harvested for scientific purposes for the time being.


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