Shortnose sawshark

The shortnose sawshark (Pristiophorus nudipinnis), also called the southern sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae with a slightly compressed body and a narrow, tooth-edged rostrum. Its two dorsal fins are almost the same size, the back is usually an even slate gray with few or no markings, and the underside is pale white or cream. Females reach about 124 cm and males about 110 cm, and the species can live up to nine years. It lives on or near the seabed, feeding mainly on benthic invertebrates and small bony fish. Reproduction is ovoviviparous: a female bears a litter of 7 to 14 pups about every year, each around 35 cm at birth. Because commercial catch rates are stable, the allowable catch has been reduced, Victorian waters give it protection and its biological productivity is high, the IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern. The main threat is accidental capture as bycatch in gillnet fisheries, and the shark is considered harmless to humans.