Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Solomon has or used to have 20 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Freshwater Sawfish.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Freshwater Sawfish
Pristis pristis
Status: Vulnerable
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Pristis pristis is found across 5 electorates.
The Freshwater Sawfish is a ray growing to 7 m, having five pairs of gill-openings on the ventral surface of the head; a distinguishing feature of rays. It has less than 20 teeth on each side of its saw.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Changed surface and groundwater regimes
Climate change and severe weather
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Overexploitation and other direct harm from human activities
Pollution
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
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