Sawfish

Description

A genus of fish bearing resemblance both to the sharks and rays, and distinguished by having a long beak or snout. They attain a length of from ten to twenty feet, and may be counted among the most savage of fish.

Keywords

Saw-fish, sawfish

Galleries

Fish: S

Source:

B. P. Holst The Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia (Kansas City: The Bufton Book Company, 1909)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman