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Lana's Sawshark
Pristiophorus lanae
- Usual depth238–588 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsDecember
- How commonRare
About this species
Lana's sawshark or the Philippine sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the Philippines off Apo Island and southern Luzon at depths of between 230 and 590 m. Its length is up to 73 cm.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lana's sawshark”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 238–588 m · Deepest record: 588 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Lana's Sawshark, Philippine Sawshark
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Philippinischer Sägehai
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 6 open-data records from 1966 to 1966.
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