📸 PhotoPhoto: Diliff · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Common sawfish
Pristis pristis (Common sawfish · ノコギリエイ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum body length of 7.5 m is about two-thirds (2/3) the length of a city bus (about 10–12 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its common body length of 2.5 m is nearly 1 m longer than an adult human's height (about 1.7 m) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The common sawfish is a large sawfish found in tropical and subtropical coastal waters and estuaries worldwide, as well as West African rivers. It was assessed as Critically Endangered (CR, 2022) on the IUCN Red List.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It grows up to 7.5 m, with a common length of 2.5 m. It takes 8–10 years to reach adulthood, at which point it is about 3 m long.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on fish and bottom-dwelling animals. It is ovoviviparous; embryos grow solely on yolk inside the mother, and she gives birth to about 1–13 young at a time.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List CR (2022) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18584848/249880242
- • IUCN Red List category CR — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 4MK2X
- • iucnredlist.org — 249880242
- • wikidata.org — Q1094698
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Pristis pristis - Georgia Aquarium Jan 2006.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Pristis-pristis.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.