THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 69 



Genus Pristis Linck. 

 The Saw Fishes. 



Pristis pectinatus Latham. 



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Saw Fish. 



Easily identified frona any of our fishes by the very long pro- 

 duced saw-like snout. This saw is said to have from 24 to 32 

 pairs of teeth. Large examples reach a length of 20 feet. 



Some years ago 2 were taken in the ocean ofT Cape May, the 

 last of which was a little less than 15 feet in length. It was 

 captured in a seine while fishing for weak fish, Cynoscion, 





Saw Fish. Pristis pectinatus Latham. 



goodies, Leiostomus, etc., and afterwards mounted and placed 

 on the pier for exhibition. Mr. Witmer Stone tells me of one 

 taken in August of 1900, probably one of the above. Two 

 remoras were found attached. So far as I can learn the only 

 other record is that of an example from Grassy Sound. It has 

 never been seen in Delaware Bay. 



Pristis sp. Shields, Am. Nat., XIII, 1879, p. 262. 



Family RAJID-ffi. 

 The Skates. 



Disk broad, rhombic. Oviparous. Eggs laid in large leathern 

 cases, 4-angled, with 2 long tubular horns at each end. No 



