Japanese sawshark [SEP] IUCN conservation status
information on population size or frequency of bycatch, the Japanese sawshark is listed by the IUCN Red List as being Data Deficient. It is not clear if this shark's apparent rarity is because of natural reasons, or because the population has already been depleted. Due to its benthic lifestyle, and because the range of this shark is heavily fished, it is safe to assume that the Japanese sawshark is at considerable risk of being caught as bycatch in bottom trawling and gillnet operations. Because of its habitat and behavior, this shark
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Behavior.
Very little is known about the biology of the African dwarf sawshark. It would appear, based on the stomach samples taken in the field, that these sharks favor benthic invertebrates like small crustaceans. Nothing is known about the reproductive habits of this sawshark, though it is safe to assume that like other members of Pristiophoriformes it is ovoviviparous.
Conservation.
As the African dwarf sawshark was only recently discovered in 2011, the IUCN Red List has yet to evaluate the conservation status