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figure 2 in The sawFIsh (Rhinopristiformes, Pristidae) rostrum displayed in the "Basilica Santuario del Carmine Maggiore" in Naples, Italy: A long story of legends and taxonomic errors

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figure 2 Morphological characters of the bscm sawfish rostrum and comparison with illustrations from Costa (1853a, b): Pictures of the (A) dorsal and (B) ventral side of the sawfish rostrum showing the measurements carried out: total rostrum length (trl), standard rostrum length (srl), proximal rostrum width (prw), distal rostrum width (drw) proximal tooth gap (ptg) and distal tooth gap (dtg), and (C) illustration of the sawfish rostrum from Costa (1853b), (D) Picture of the proximal end of the rostrum with the three internal canals clearly visible, the median canal from which cartilage samples were taken is indicated by a white arrow and the two lateral canals are indicated with white asterisks, and (E) detail of a rostral tooth posterior margin compared to illustration from Costa (1853b); arrows indicate the groove.

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Published as part of Fioravanti, Tatiana, Maio, Nicola, Psomadakis, Peter Nick, Manzotti, Sandra, Gigante, Antonio Pompilio, Splendiani, Andrea, Bottaro, Massimiliano & Caputo Barucchi, Vincenzo, 2023, The sawFIsh (Rhinopristiformes, Pristidae) rostrum displayed in the "Basilica Santuario del Carmine Maggiore" in Naples, Italy: A long story of legends and taxonomic errors, pp. 431-450 in Contributions to Zoology 92 (5) on page 435, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10048, http://zenodo.org/record/12519125

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