Pristis zijsron, BLEEKER, 1851

Faria, Vicente V., Mcdavitt, Matthew T., Charvet, Patricia, Wiley, Tonya R., Simpfendorfer, Colin A. & Naylor, Gavin J. P., 2013, Species delineation and global population structure of Critically Endangered sawfishes (Pristidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167 (1), pp. 136-164 : 157-159

PRISTIS ZIJSRON BLEEKER, 1851

RMNH D7418 (holotype), isolated rostrum, Indonesia; FMNH 13266, isolated rostrum, Borneo ; MCZ -670, isolated rostrum, mid-1800s, Fiji Islands; AMNH 44048, females (812 and 818 mm TL) and male

(680 mm TL), 1931, Jakarta market, Java, Indonesia (N = 3); ANSP 101398 , male (723 mm TL), before 1985, unknown locality; YPM 14918, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; MNHN 1888-252 , isolated rostrum, 1888, Persian Gulf; MNHN 1986-1077 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality; MNHN 1888-253 , isolated rostrum, 1888 or earlier, Persian Gulf; MNHN 1895-3 , isolated rostrum, 1895, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand?– Cambodia?; MNHN 0000-3485, dry female (819 mm TL), 1830, Red Sea; MNHN 0000-3486, dry female (920 mm TL), Red Sea; MNHN 1967-0949 , female (712 mm TL), 1/1929, Tawila Island , Red Sea , Egypt; MNHN 1967-0948 , female (723 mm TL), 1929, Red Sea ; MNHN 0000-1226, male (890 mm TL), 1856, Ambon, Indonesia; MNHN 1901-492 , dry female (1565 mm TL), 1909, Somalia; RMNH 34070 , male (393 mm TL), 1872/1877, Java Sea , Ambon, Indonesia; RMNH 34134 , caudal fin, Indonesia; RMNH 7418 , male (1035 mm TL), before 1879 (auction date), Java Sea , Banjarmasin , Borneo , Indonesia; RMNH 34129 , female (761 mm TL), 1864, Banda Sea , Ambon, Indonesia; RMNH 34130 , female (766 mm TL), 1864, Banda Sea , Ambon, Indonesia; RMNH 4232 , juvenile male (488 mm TL), Sulawesi, Makassar , Indonesia; RMNH D2661, dry female (714 mm TL), Red Sea ; RMNH D2663, dry female (860 mm TL), Borneo ; RMNH D3102, isolated rostrum, Banda Sea , Ceram Island , Indonesia; RMNH D3109, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3076, isolated rostrum, 1/1915, Surabaya , Java, Indonesia; RMNH D3077, isolated rostrum, before 1939, unknown locality; RMNH D3101, isolated rostrum, 9/18/1962, near Massawa, Red Sea (south), Eritrea; RMNH D3111, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3104, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3113, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3113, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; uncat. RMNH, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3098, isolated rostrum, 9/18/1962, near Massawa, Red Sea (south), Eritrea; RMNH D3097, isolated rostrum, 9/18/1962, Massawa, Red Sea (south), Eritrea; RMNH D3108, isolated rostrum, 1942 or earlier, unknown locality; RMNH D3099, isolated rostrum, before 1860, unknown locality; MRAC A4- 045-P-1, isolated rostrum, ‘ Congo’ (probably a mistake); MRAC 98-082 -P-0001, isolated rostrum, 1897 or before, Red Sea; MRAC 98-082 -P-002, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; ZMB 33554, dry male (2460 mm TL), unknown locality; ZMB 33571, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; ZMB 33572, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; ZMB 33576, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; ZMB 33579, dry, unsexed, unknown locality; BMNH 1925.7.20.59-60 (first of three), isolated head with attached rostrum, Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.59-60 (second of three), isolated head with attached rostrum, Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.59-60 (third of three), isolated head with attached rostrum, Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1867.11.28.184, male (876 mm TL), 1867, W. Pacific; uncat. BMNH, isolated head with attached rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1922.1.13.7, wet head and body skin of female (1848 mm TL), Durban Bay , South Africa; BMNH 1925.7.20.53, female (768 mm TL), Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.54, female (760 mm TL), Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.55, male (782 mm TL), Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.56, female (730 mm TL), Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.57, female (756 mm TL), Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.58, male (790 mm TL), Gulf of Aden , Arabian Sea; BMNH 1880.1.10.2, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1861.5.6.2, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1982.9.13.8, isolated rostrum, before 1960, Persian Gulf, Mesopotamia, Iraq; BMNH 1984.5.29.1, isolated rostrum, Mornington Island , Gulf of Carpentaria , Australia; unknown BMNH, isolated rostrum, Persian Gulf?; BMNH 1982.9.13.10, isolated rostrum, Persian Gulf; BMNH 1982.9.13.9, isolated rostrum, Persian Gulf, Fao (Al-Faw), Iraq; BMNH 1841.12.22.2, isolated rostrum, India; BMNH 1950.10.3.1, isolated rostrum, China Sea; BMNH 2004.11.27.24, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.26, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.28, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004 . 11.27.29, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.30, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.31, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.32, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.33, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004 . 11.27.34, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.36, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.37, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.38, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.41, incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.42, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1982.9.13.12, isolated rostrum, Persian Gulf, Fao (Al-Faw), Iraq; BMNH 1982.9.13.11, isolated rostrum, Tasman Sea, Rabbit Island , New Zealand; BMNH 2004.11.27.49, dry female (920 mm TL), Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia; BMNH 2004 . 11.27.48, dry male (1010 mm TL), unknown locality; BMNH 1858.11.19.8, dry juvenile male (1005 mm TL), Banda Sea, Ambon, Indonesia; BMNH 1996.1.25.4 or 2004.11.27.46, incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1849.1.30.21, dry male (2310 mm TL), Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; BMNH 1982.11.2.1, dry male (2105 mm TL), West Pacific (‘ East Indies’ ); USNM 00170489 , female (912 mm TL), Sandakan Bay , Borneo, Malaysia; USNM 00059857 , juvenile male (795 mm TL), Clarence River , New South Wales, Australia; USNM 00040003 , male (875 mm TL), received on 2/7/1889, Port Jackson , Australia; USNM 00232677 , incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality; USNM 00263284 , incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality .

Additional material

Isolated rostra from private collections: 5/1999 or earlier, unknown locality (N = 1); 1980, Burketown, Queensland, Australia (N = 4).

Photographs of specimens from private collections: Incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality (N = 1); photo of full-body adult, South Africa (dead specimen from the Sea World Aquarium, Durban, South Africa) (N = 1).

Number of rostral teeth per side data from specimens from public collections: CSIRO CA 3357, male (686 mm TL), NW continental shelf, Australia; ORI 951200, Richards Bay ?, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ; SAM 23005, Sri Lanka ?; SAM 930519, skeleton of an male (4262 mm TL), Richards Bay , KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ; SU 40592, 5/1/1929 – 5/ 31/1929, Sepik River , East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea ; SU 40862, 9/1/1940 – 9/30/1940, Mindanao Island , Zamboanga State, Philippines .