Species: Pristiophorus schroederi, Bahamas Saw Shark

Pristiophorus schroederi Springer & Bullis, 1960

Bahamas Saw Shark

Slender; head greatly depressed and somewhat expanded laterally snout very long, narrow, tapering, concave edges before barbels, greatly flattened, laterally expanded, with close–set lateral and ventral saw-teeth (enlarged skin denticles), 13 large side teeth before barbels & 10 after, juveniles with a small tooth between large teeth, 2 rows of small, slender, widely spaced rows of teeth on underside of snout; a pair of long string–like rostral barbels on the ventral surface before nostrils, midway between mouth and tip of rostrum; eyes dorsolateral on head; spiracles large, just behind at level of eyes; 5 gill slits on sides of head, all before pectoral–fin origins; mouth small, broadly arched and short, extending slightly behind eyes; teeth very small, conical, alike on both jaws; trunk cylindrical, not flattened and ray–like; tail base with long thick lateral dermal ridges; skin denticles covering entire body, close-set or overlapping; pectoral fins moderately large; pelvic fins small, with vent continuous with their inner margins; 2 moderately large, equal sized, spineless dorsal fins, origin of first over abdomen, well before pelvic–fin bases; anal fin absent; tail fin with a long dorsal lobe and no ventral lobe.

Light grey above, whitish below; edges and center of rostrum with dark brown stripes; edge of pectorals light; juveniles with front edge of dorsal fins dark.

Reaches 87 cm

On soft bottoms

Depth range 438-952 m

The Bahamas.