WoRMS taxon details
Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794
105848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105848)
accepted
Species
Pristis acutirostris Duméril, 1865 · unaccepted
Pristis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1908 · unaccepted
Pristis evermanni Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pristis granulosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Pristis leptodon Duméril, 1865 · unaccepted
Pristis megalodon Duméril, 1865 · unaccepted
Pristis occa (Duméril, 1865) · unaccepted
Pristis pectinatus Latham, 1794 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pristis serra Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pristobatus occa Duméril, 1865 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Latham, J. F. (1794). An essay on the various species of sawfish. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> v. 2 (art. 25): 273-282, Pls. 26-27. [details]
Description Inhabits mainly inshore coastal waters, also around offlying islands. Commonly seen in estuaries, lagoons, river mouths and...
Distribution N.C. (rarely N.Y.), Bermuda, and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
Description Inhabits mainly inshore coastal waters, also around offlying islands. Commonly seen in estuaries, lagoons, river mouths and even freshwater. Adapted to water temperatures of 16° to 30°C. Uses its saw to stir the bottom when feeding on bottom invertebrates and to kill pelagic fishes (Ref. 9859). Ovoviviparous, with gravid females containing about 15-20 embryos. Saws serving as trophies or taken by tourists as souvenirs. Young are utilized as food in the Western Atlantic (Ref. 9859). [details]
Distribution N.C. (rarely N.Y.), Bermuda, and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
Distribution N.C. (rarely N.Y.), Bermuda, and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105848 on 2024-11-22
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Latham, J. F. (1794). An essay on the various species of sawfish. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> v. 2 (art. 25): 273-282, Pls. 26-27. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits mainly inshore coastal waters, also around offlying islands. Commonly seen in estuaries, lagoons, river mouths and even freshwater. Adapted to water temperatures of 16° to 30°C. Uses its saw to stir the bottom when feeding on bottom invertebrates and to kill pelagic fishes (Ref. 9859). Ovoviviparous, with gravid females containing about 15-20 embryos. Saws serving as trophies or taken by tourists as souvenirs. Young are utilized as food in the Western Atlantic (Ref. 9859). [details]Distribution N.C. (rarely N.Y.), Bermuda, and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smalltooth sawfish | [details] |
| German | SägefischKleinzahn-SägerochenKammsägefisch | [details] |
| Hebrew | מסורן ארך-שן | [details] |
| Lithuanian | paprastoji pjūklažuvė | [details] |
| Polish | piła drobnozębna | [details] |
| Russian | пилорыл гребенчатый | [details] |
| Spanish | pez sierra peinepez sierrapez peine | [details] |
| Turkish | ince dişli testere balığı | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Риба-пилка дрібнозуба | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pristis acutirostris Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pristis serra Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Pristis occa (Duméril, 1865))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pristis megalodon Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pristis granulosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (195 publications) (from synonym Pristis pectinatus Latham, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pristis leptodon Duméril, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristis pectinata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis granulosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis leptodon Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis acutirostris Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis megalodon Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis occa (Duméril, 1865))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis serra Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis pectinatus Latham, 1794)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis evermanni Fischer, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristobatus occa Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884)
To FishBase images (Pristis pectinata, Mexico, by Bonfil, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (51638 nucleotides; 37232 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristis pectinata USNM 42374 photograph dorsal view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pristis acutirostris Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Pristis serra Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Pristis occa (Duméril, 1865))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pristis megalodon Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pristis granulosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (195 publications) (from synonym Pristis pectinatus Latham, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pristis leptodon Duméril, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristis pectinata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis granulosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis leptodon Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis acutirostris Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis megalodon Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis occa (Duméril, 1865))
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis serra Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis pectinatus Latham, 1794)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis evermanni Fischer, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristobatus occa Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884)
To FishBase images (Pristis pectinata, Mexico, by Bonfil, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (51638 nucleotides; 37232 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristis pectinata USNM 42374 photograph dorsal view)
To PESI
To ITIS
