Sawfishes or carpenter sharks are a species of ray which have a saw like snout. Its snout is used to catch fish. It also has electroreceptors (organs used to detect electrical pulses set off by humans) on its snout to sense passing prey. There is also a shark called the sawshark, but they are very different to the sawfish. There are seven species of sawfish (sawfish are not researched that much). Out of those seven, two live in the USA, two live in Australia, and the rest live in saltwater. The maximum length of a sawfish is 20 feet.
Diet
Sawfish eat small fish. They also eat crustaceans and other ground dwelling animals. Their snout is used as a digging tool.
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