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It’s quite possibly the most appropriately named fish you ever saw.
The sawfish looks exactly like it sounds, with a long rostrum at the front of its body. Combined with the long, sharp teeth on both sides of this rostrum, this fish looks like it could be a lumberjack sporting a mighty saw.
You won’t find this fish in the forest chopping down trees, however. The sawfish, fairly common in shallow tropical and subtropical seas around the world, slashes its appendage in a side-to-side motion to dislodge crustaceans from the ocean bottom and stun nearby small fish. They then bite, chew and swallow their prey with traditional teeth and a mouth on the underside of their head.
Despite the intimidating rostrum, sawfish avoid larger fish and animals and are not considered a threat to humans. However, when in danger they can be quite effective in using their rostrum to fend off predators such as sharks.
The sawfish often is mistaken for a shark because of its dorsal fins and swimming motion, but it is classified as a ray. They did evolve from prehistoric sharks.
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