WoRMS taxon details
Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794
AphiaID: 105848
AphiaID: 105848
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Pristiformes (Order) > Pristidae (Family) > Pristis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Pristis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Pristis acutirostris Duméril, 1865 Pristis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1908 Pristis evermanni Fischer, 1884 (misspelling) Pristis granulosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Pristis leptodon Duméril, 1865 Pristis megalodon Duméril, 1865 Pristis occa (Duméril, 1865) Pristis pectinatus Latham, 1794 (misspelling) Pristis serra Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884 (synonym) Pristobatus occa Duméril, 1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 9 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105848 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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