Common Sawfish
Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Names
| English | Common Sawfish |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Gewone zaagrog |
| Spanish | Pez sierra común |
| Chinese | 锯鳐 |
| Scientific name | Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
About this species
The largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis, syn. P. microdon and P. perotteti) is a species of sawfish in the family Pristidae. It is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal regions, but also enters freshwater. It has declined drastically and is now critically endangered.
A range of English names have been used for the species, or populations now part of the species, including common sawfish (despite it being far from common today), wide sawfish, freshwater sawfish, river sawfish (less frequently, other sawfish species also occur in freshwater and rivers), Leichhardt's sawfish (after explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt) and northern sawfish.
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El pez sierra común (Pristis pristis) es una especie de la familia Pristidae, que se encuentra a las aguas subtropicales del Océano Pacífico, entre las latitudes 45ºN y 17º S. Puede llegar a medir más de 5 metros.
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Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Elasmobranchii |
| Order | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family | Pristidae |
| Genus | Pristis |
In Suriname
Where it has been recorded
- Marowijne1
Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.
