Saw sharks are a very unusual group of sharks with a very long flat snout and lateral sawteeth. The snout resembles a saw with ventral barbels. Saw sharks are often confused with saw fishes, which are rays.
Sawfishes can be confused with saw sharks (order Pristiophoriformes), but there are some recognizable differences between them.
BENTHIC FEEDERS
Benthic feeders are organisms (plants and animals) that live in or on the bottom of a body of water. Some sharks, like angel sharks, frilled sharks, wobbegongs, and saw sharks are benthic, living on the ocean floor.
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a total length of 20 ft (6 m), with snouts 6 ft (1.8 m) long and 1 ft (30 cm) wide. They use these ponderous weapons to slash and impale small fishes and to probe in the mud for burrowing animals. Sawfishes should not be confused with saw sharks, ...
 See also: Shark, Barbel, Skate, Sawfish, Guitarfish
  
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