Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Rhinopristiformes > Pristidae > Pristis > Pristis pectinata

Pristis pectinata (Thorny skate; Atlantic prickly skate; Tarry skate; Comb shark; Common sawfish; Largetooth sawfish; Sawfish; Saw-fish; Smalltooth Sawfish; Small-tooth common sawfish; Smalltooth Sawfish; Smooth-tooth sawfish; Wide sawfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata), also known as the wide sawfish, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae. It is found in shallow tropical and subtropical waters in coastal parts of the Atlantic, including the Mediterranean. Reports from elsewhere are now believed to be misidentifications of other species of sawfish. This critically endangered species reaches a length of up to 7.6 metres (25 ft).
View Wikipedia Record: Pristis pectinata

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Pristis pectinata

Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dermophthirioides pristidis[2]
Euterranova galeocerdonis[3]
Neoheterocotyle inpristi[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0