I saw the coolist thing ever a fw sawfish. It was in artical I read a while back. I will post it later I have book marked on my home computer. It was about 3-4 ft long in a out door pond.IT was house with some tiger rays and a few polka dot rays. Is thier any information out thier as to care and where to get one or more?
looking for fw sawfish
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The last ones I saw online for sale were around June I think this year. They sell for extremely large amounts of money $$$$ roughly and get gigantic. IMO they should not be kept by any private aquarist unless they had a massive pond probably at least a half acre or larger because of the adult size of this fish. ~Trent
I think they are CITES protected and they are so endangered i would say it would be unethical to own one
Pristis microdon is the most commonly offered species, as freshwater, within the genus of 8 species. "Freshwater" is actually a misnomer. These sawfish are estuarian and migrate into freshwater up to 100 miles inland. P. microdon is also the smallest species within the genus and still reaches just over 9 feet in length. Due to the cartilagenous rostrum, public aquaria that maintain this smallest species do so in tanks 3 times the adult length of the fish and twice the adult length in width/depth of the the tank.
The last one I saw sold (probably the same one you saw from a Singapore member) ran close to $16k before CITES recategorized the species as 'critically endangered'. And that price was before any costs that would have been imposed had it been shipped for a US destination.
The last one I saw sold (probably the same one you saw from a Singapore member) ran close to $16k before CITES recategorized the species as 'critically endangered'. And that price was before any costs that would have been imposed had it been shipped for a US destination.
John at eczs imported them about a year ago.. dont know if he ever got them in.. but he knows we to get them i think
I have worked with with 3 different species of sawfish including the freshwater sawfish and these guys get huge. I have worked and swam with (Pristis zijsron - Green Sawfish)
(Pristis microdon - Freshwater Sawfish) and the
(Pristis perotteti - Largetooth Sawfish) I wouldnt say the sawfish is mean but clumsy care must be taken when swimming near them, usually they sit on the bottom so you can just pass over them no problem but if they rise up then i ususally just froze and let it pass me because trust me you do not want to get hit by one of them.. the ones I worked with were 8-12ft in length so i do not think anyone should have one as a pet unless you have a tank of atleast 100,000 gallons
(Pristis microdon - Freshwater Sawfish) and the
(Pristis perotteti - Largetooth Sawfish) I wouldnt say the sawfish is mean but clumsy care must be taken when swimming near them, usually they sit on the bottom so you can just pass over them no problem but if they rise up then i ususally just froze and let it pass me because trust me you do not want to get hit by one of them.. the ones I worked with were 8-12ft in length so i do not think anyone should have one as a pet unless you have a tank of atleast 100,000 gallons