WoRMS taxon details
Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758)
105849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105849)
accepted
Species
Pristis antiquorum Latham, 1794 · unaccepted
Pristis canaliculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Pristis caniculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pristis mississippiensis Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pristis typica Poey, 1861 · unaccepted
Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, 1895 · unaccepted
Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105849 on 2026-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pristis antiquorum Latham, 1794) 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]
original description (of Pristis canaliculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details]
original description (of Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884) Fischer, J. G. (1884). Über einige Afrikanische Reptilien, Amphibien, und Fische des Naturhistorischen Museums. I. Über die von Herrn G. A. Fischer im Massai-Gebiete (Ost-Afrika) auf seiner in Veranlassung der Geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg unternommenen Expedition gesammelten Reptilen, Amphibien und Fische. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 1: 1-32, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, 1895) Jordan, D. S. (1895). The fishes of Sinaloa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5: 377-514, Pls. 26-55. [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]
original description (of Pristis canaliculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471 [details]
original description (of Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884) Fischer, J. G. (1884). Über einige Afrikanische Reptilien, Amphibien, und Fische des Naturhistorischen Museums. I. Über die von Herrn G. A. Fischer im Massai-Gebiete (Ost-Afrika) auf seiner in Veranlassung der Geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg unternommenen Expedition gesammelten Reptilen, Amphibien und Fische. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 1: 1-32, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, 1895) Jordan, D. S. (1895). The fishes of Sinaloa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> v. 5: 377-514, Pls. 26-55. [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]
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 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | largetooth sawfishcommon sawfish | [details] |
| German | SchwerthaiSägerochengewöhnlicher Sägefisch | [details] |
| Japanese | ノコギリエイ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | europinė pjūklažuvė | [details] |
| Polish | piła zwyczajna | [details] |
| Russian | пилорыл | [details] |
| Spanish | pez sierra comúnpez sierra | [details] |
| Turkish | testere balığı | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Риба-пилка звичайна | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pristis typica Poey, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pristis caniculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (278 publications) (from synonym Pristis antiquorum Latham, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristis mississippiensis Rafinesque, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) (from synonym Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pristis canaliculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristis pristis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis antiquorum Latham, 1794)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis typica Poey, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis canaliculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis mississippiensis Rafinesque, 1820)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis caniculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pristis typica Poey, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pristis caniculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (278 publications) (from synonym Pristis antiquorum Latham, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pristis mississippiensis Rafinesque, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) (from synonym Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pristis canaliculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristis pristis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis antiquorum Latham, 1794)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis typica Poey, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis canaliculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis mississippiensis Rafinesque, 1820)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis zephyreus Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristis caniculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
