Lana's sawshark
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Species of shark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
| Family: | Pristiophoridae |
| Genus: | Pristiophorus |
| Species: | P. lanae
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| Pristiophorus lanae | |
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| Range of Lana's sawshark | |
Lana's sawshark (Pristiophorus lanae) 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.[1]
Max length : 66.9 cm TL male/unsexed, 83.0 cm TL (female)
Its reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
References
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- ^ Ebert, David A.; Wilms, Hana A. (2013). "Pristiophorus lanae sp. nov., a new sawshark species from the Western North Pacific, with comments on the genus Pristiophorus Müller & Henle, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Pristiophoridae)". Zootaxa. 3752 (1): 86–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.7. PMID 25229110.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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