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Saw Fish Mounts - You can easily order through this website or call us if you prefer. GFM individually handcrafts each defined and detailed fish replica by hand, one-at-a-time. Every fish reproduction is perfectly airbrushed to resemble each species' most noticeable and distinct color patterns. By combining the best prices, unmatched quality while supporting and promoting the practice of catch-and-release fishing, Global Fish Mounts continues to be the go-to company for all Freshwater and Saltwater fish mounts. We offer most sizes and species of any fish, including the Saw Fish seen here. Variety of Sizes Available: Global Fish Mounts offers mounts of Saw Fish in a wide variety of different sizes. The models and sizes displayed on this page represent recently produced mounts. As we continuously add more sizes to our product list, and if you do not see the size you are looking for, or simply need more details about the process, please contact us by calling 954-942.1417 or Email: [email protected].
Optional Features Include
- Expedited Production/Shipping
- UV Inhibitive Polyurethane Outdoor Coating.
To learn more about optional features call 954.942.1417 or email us at: [email protected].
Artist Note: At times customers or anglers request us to use a reference photograph to paint by. If so our skilled artists will identify any unique characteristics in the photo which are later reflected in the completed paint scheme. This is why no two mounts are ever exactly alike and explains the differences you may see in the coloration of the various mounts. If you have a photo or description, please send it by email to [email protected]
- Fishmount Species Information
- Scientific Name: Pristidae
- Average Weight: 700 lbs. MAX
- Location & Habitat: The sawfish is one of the two sawfish species to be found in the western Atlantic Ocean. BTh sawfish once covered a wide range of habitats, stretching over the tropical and sub-tropical marine environments, as well as estuarine and contiguous freshwater habitats in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean to Central and South America as well as Africa. In the United States sawfish were once reported throughout the Gulf of Mexico primarily along the Texas and east Florida coastline, in shallow coastal habitats less than 33 feet deep where the water was warmer, shallower, more likely to be protected from the elements, such as lagoons or estuarine locations. However, migrations accounts reported them as traveling as far North as New York, and certainly along the Atlantic coast to the Carolinas before the decline of their population. Sawfish have been found in water to 400 feet deep in Lake Nicaragua.
- Biology: While they swim much like sharks, sawfish are actually a species of ray. Included in the group of fishes known as elasmobranchs, sawfish have cartilaginous skeletons. Maximum size of Pristidae has been reported between 20.0-21.2 feet total length and between 1,102-1,323 lbs in weight. Pristidae are believed to mature around 10 feet. Sawfish grow slowly, reaching maturity late at 10 years of age and producing few young. As a result, their population growth is extremely low. Although lifespan in the wild is unknown, research suggests this species lives roughly 30 years.
- Physical Description: The head is ventrally flattened with the mouth located underneath and the eyes positioned dorsally. Sawfish are able to breath while lying on the ocean floor by drawing water into their gills through large holes behind each eye, called spiracles. Their most distinctive feature is their long flat rostrum - "saw" - that is lined with rostral teeth along the margins. These "teeth" are set deeply in hard cartilage and do not grow back if the root becomes damaged
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