Pristidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 15-16

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3696.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B11FDC62-C87A-483A-A728-28607EA4EFF9

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A97887FA-4708-FF97-FF56-8CC7FB433982

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pristidae
status

 

Pristidae View in CoL View at ENA

(sawfish)

Anoxypristis cuspidata ( Latham, 1794) Narrow Sawfish View in CoL Pristis cuspidatus Latham, 1794: 279–280 View in CoL (no type locality).— Sainsbury et al. 1984: 330 (Region D [= Top End

NT seas]); Lyle and Timms 1984: 72 (NT waters); Russell and Houston 1989: 79 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 65 (Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria).

Anoxypristis cuspidata View in CoL — Last and Stevens 1994: 362 (Gulf of Carpentaria; map); Ramm 1997: 11 (Timor and Arafura Seas); Compagno and Last 1999: 1413 (Northern Territories); Thorburn et al. 2003: 47 (Liverpool, Blythe Rivers); Hoese et al. 2006: 171 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Pristis clavata Garman, 1906 View in CoL

Dwarf Sawfish

Pristis clavata Garman, 1906: 208 View in CoL (Queensland, Australia).— Last and Stevens 1994: 363 (tropical Australia; map); Larson 1999a: 18 (opposite Oakes Creek, Keep River); Compagno and Last 1999: 1414 (Northern Territory); Larson 2002: 28 (Field Island); Thorburn et al. 2003: 44 (Victoria River); Hoese et al. 2006: 171 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

? Pristis pectinata View in CoL — Compagno and Last 1999: 1416 (possibly ... Northern Territory); Hoese et al. 2006: 171 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, questionable).

Photographic record by Ray Chatto, Casuarina Beach washup

Pristis microdon Latham, 1794 View in CoL

Freshwater Sawfish

Pristis microdon Latham, 1794: 280 View in CoL (no type locality; from Europe).— Midgley 1975: Appendix A (Toogangini Creek; Glyde River; Eight-mile Hole; Kilgour River; Frog Lagoon; McArthur River); Midgley 1979: Appendix B (Limmen Bight River); Midgley 1981: 56 (Police Hole [Keep River]); Midgley 1981: Appendix B (Victoria River; Keep River); Midgley 1982: Appendix B (Robinson River); Merrick and Schmida 1984: 39 (Toogangini Creek, Northern Territory); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 330 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Russell and Houston 1989: 79 (Arafura Sea); Taniuchi and Shimizu 1991:3, 5 (Daly River); Last and Stevens 1994: 364 (Adelaide, Victoria and Daly rivers); Compagno and Last 1999: 1415 (Northern Territory); Larson 1999b: 25 (Middle Beach, West Alligator Head; South Alligator River). Thorburn et al. 2003: 29–30 (Victoria River; Daly River; Adelaide River; Elsey Station, Roper River; McArthur River; Wearyan River; Robinson River); Hoese et al. 2006: 171 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Pristis sp. — Midgley 1973: appendix B (Cannon Hill Lagoon); Midgley 1980: Appendix B (Daly River).

Pristis pristis View in CoL — Paxton et al. 1989: 58–59 (NT).

Pristis sp. (leichardtii?)— Pollard 1974: 64 (East Alligator River).

Photo of Wattie Creek specimen shot by Long Jack, December 1970.

Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851

Green Sawfish

Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851a: 442 View in CoL (Bandermassing, Borneo, in freshwater).— Sainsbury et al. 1984: 330 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 59 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 79 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 6 (Groote Eylandt); Last and Stevens 1994: 367 (northern Australia; map); Compagno and Last 1999: 1417 (Northern Territory); Hoese et al. 2006: 172 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Rhinopristiformes

Family

Pristidae

Loc

Pristidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P. 2013
2013
Loc

Pristis pectinata

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 171
Compagno, L. J. V. & Last, P. R. 1999: 1416
1999
Loc

Anoxypristis cuspidata

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 171
Thorburn, D. C. & Peverell, S. C. & Stevens, J. D. & Last, P. R. & Rowland, A. J. 2003: 47
Compagno, L. J. V. & Last, P. R. 1999: 1413
Ramm, D. C. 1997: 11
Last, P. R. & Stevens, J. D. 1994: 362
1994
Loc

Pristis pristis

Paxton, J. R. & Hoese, D. F. & Allen, G. R. & Hanley, J. E. 1989: 58
1989
Loc

Pristis sp.

Pollard, D. A. 1974: 64
1974
Loc

Pristis clavata

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 171
Thorburn, D. C. & Peverell, S. C. & Stevens, J. D. & Last, P. R. & Rowland, A. J. 2003: 44
Larson, H. K. 2002: 28
Larson, H. K. 1999: 18
Compagno, L. J. V. & Last, P. R. 1999: 1414
Last, P. R. & Stevens, J. D. 1994: 363
Garman, S. 1906: 208
1906
Loc

Pristis zijsron

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 172
Compagno, L. J. V. & Last, P. R. 1999: 1417
Last, P. R. & Stevens, J. D. 1994: 367
Blaber, S. J. M. & Brewer, D. T. & Salini, J. P. 1992: 6
Paxton, J. R. & Hoese, D. F. & Allen, G. R. & Hanley, J. E. 1989: 59
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 79
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 330
Bleeker, P. 1851: 442
1851
Loc

Anoxypristis cuspidata ( Latham, 1794 )

Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 330
Latham, J. 1794: 280
1794
Loc

Pristis microdon

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 171
Thorburn, D. C. & Peverell, S. C. & Stevens, J. D. & Last, P. R. & Rowland, A. J. 2003: 29
Compagno, L. J. V. & Last, P. R. 1999: 1415
Larson, H. K. 1999: 25
Last, P. R. & Stevens, J. D. 1994: 364
Taniuchi, T. & Shimizu, M. 1991: 3
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 79
Larson, H. K. 1987: 147
Merrick, J. R. & Schmida, G. E. 1984: 39
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 330
Midgley, S. H. 1981: 56
Latham, J. 1794: 280
1794
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