Sawfishes
Pristis
Pristis is a genus of sawfish of the family Pristidae. These large fish are found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions in coastal marine waters, estuaries, and freshwater lakes and rivers. Sawfish have declined drastically and all species are considered critically endangered today.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Smalltooth Sawfish
speciesPristis pectinata
Common Sawfish
speciesPristis pristis
Green Sawfish
speciesPristis zijsron
Dwarf Sawfish
speciesPristis clavata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.637
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.508
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.755
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.753
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.752
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67647.