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The longnose sawshark is an Australian sawshark described in 1794, with a rostrum that may form about 30 percent of its length.
The sixgill sawshark is Pliotrema warreni, a western Indian Ocean sawshark described in 1906 and distinguished by six gill pairs.
The shortnose sawshark is a southeastern Australian sawshark described in 1870, with a shorter rostrum than the longnose sawshark.
The Japanese sawshark is a northwest Pacific sawshark described in 1870, found near Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and northern China.
Pliotrema kajae is Kaja's sixgill sawshark, a western Indian Ocean species described in 2020 and recorded from Madagascar and the Mascarene Plateau.
The Bahamas sawshark is a deepwater western Atlantic sawshark described in 1960 from the Bahamas and Cuba region.
The African dwarf sawshark is Pristiophorus nancyae, a small sawshark described in 2011 from deep waters off Mozambique.
