Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 88, April 2009, pp. 1-14.

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A Longcomb Sawfish (Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851)
caught off the coast of Dibba, United Arab
Emirates, Gulf of Oman
By: Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa

A Longcomb Sawfish (Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851) was caught off the coast of Dibba,
United Arab Emirates, Gulf of Oman on 08/03/2009.
The sawfish is called locally by different Arabic names: Samak Al-Sayyaf, Sayyaf, Abu
Saif, Sayyafah, Samak Al-Minshar (Sawfish), Abu Minshar, Samak Al-Minshar thu AlMisht Al-Taweel (Longcomb Sawfish); and Capak (by the Indians in the U.A.E).

The Dibba Sawfish. Foto: Abdu Allah Mihrez. 08/03/2009.
Gazelle – Number 88 – April 2009