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Pliotrema annae Weigmann, Gon, Leeney & Temple, 2020

Anna’s sixgill sawshark
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Tanzania country information

Common names: Anna’s sixgill sawshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Pliotrema annae,Zanzibar, Unguja I., Menai Bay, caught on or near Kobela Reef (Ref. 122027).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Weigmann, S., O. Gon, R.H. Leeney, E. Barrowclift, P. Berggren, N. Jiddawi and A.J. Temple, 2020
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Pristiophoriformes (Saw sharks) > Pristiophoridae (Saw sharks)
Etymology: Pliotrema: pleion (Gr.), more; trema (Gr.), hole, referring to six gill slits compared with five in Pristiophorus. (See ETYFish);  annae: In honor of Anna Weigmann Huerta, the senior author’s niece, “to express its relationship” to P. kajae, named after the senior author’s daughter. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 35 m (Ref. 122027).   Tropical

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