Two new species of Sawsharks discovered in the west Indian Ocean

Not one, but TWO new species of the rarely seen six-gilled sawsharks have been found in the West Indian Ocean by an international team of marine scientists. The newly discovered Pliotrema kajae and Pliotrema annae – affectionately known as Kaja’s and Anna’s six-gill sawsharks – were discovered during research investigating small-scale fisheries operating off the coasts of Madagascar and […]