Deep-Sea taxon details
Pristiophoridae Bleeker, 1859
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: South Africa and Australia to Japan. Snout elongated into a long flat blade with alternate large and small...
Distribution Distribution: South Africa and Australia to Japan. Snout elongated into a long flat blade with alternate large and small teeth weakly embedded on each side. One long barbel on each side. Dorsal fin spines absent. Gill openings 5 in Pristiophorus and 6 in Pliotrema. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pristiophoridae Bleeker, 1859. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148804 on 2025-05-29
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pristiophoridae Bleeker, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148804 on 2025-05-29
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: South Africa and Australia to Japan. Snout elongated into a long flat blade with alternate large and small teeth weakly embedded on each side. One long barbel on each side. Dorsal fin spines absent. Gill openings 5 in Pristiophorus and 6 in Pliotrema. [details]
