WoRMS taxon details
Pristis microdon Latham, 1794
217376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217376)
accepted
Species
Pristiopsis leichhardti Whitley, 1945 · 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 sandy or muddy bottoms of shallow coastal waters, estuaries, river mouths and in freshwater rivers and lakes....
Description Inhabits sandy or muddy bottoms of shallow coastal waters, estuaries, river mouths and in freshwater rivers and lakes. Feeds on benthic animals and small schooling species. The saw is used for grubbing and attacking prey as well as for defence. Ovoviviparous, producing 15-20 embryos. The saws sell as tourist souvenirs (Ref. 7248). Marketed salted. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pristis microdon Latham, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217376 on 2025-07-19
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits sandy or muddy bottoms of shallow coastal waters, estuaries, river mouths and in freshwater rivers and lakes. Feeds on benthic animals and small schooling species. The saw is used for grubbing and attacking prey as well as for defence. Ovoviviparous, producing 15-20 embryos. The saws sell as tourist souvenirs (Ref. 7248). Marketed salted. [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pristiopsis leichhardti Whitley, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristis microdon)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristiopsis leichhardti Whitley, 1945)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Pristis microdon, by CSIRO)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pristiopsis leichhardti Whitley, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristis microdon)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristiopsis leichhardti Whitley, 1945)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Pristis microdon, by CSIRO)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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