Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Pristidae Sawfishes

(See list of species below)

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7 species (see list below)

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Photo by CSIRO

Anoxypristis cuspidata
[Pointed sawfish]

Photo by FAO

Pristis clavata
[Dwarf sawfish]

Photo by CSIRO

Pristis microdon
[Largetooth sawfish]

Photo by AFSCUS

Pristis pectinata
[Smalltooth sawfish]

Photo by IBAMA

Pristis perotteti
[Large-tooth sawfish]

Photo by FAO

Pristis pristis
[Common sawfish]

Photo by Pillon, R.

Pristis zijsron
[Longcomb sawfish]

7 Species of Family Pristidae
(Sawfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1794	Anoxypristis cuspidata	Pointed sawfish	Indo-West Pacific	470 TL
1906	Pristis clavata	Dwarf sawfish	Indo-West Pacific	140 TL
1794	Pristis microdon	Largetooth sawfish	Indo-West Pacific	700 TL
1794	Pristis pectinata	Smalltooth sawfish	Circumglobal (Ref. 4429).	760 TL
1841	Pristis perotteti	Large-tooth sawfish	Northwest Atlantic	650 TL
1758	Pristis pristis	Common sawfish	Circumglobally in tropica	750 TL
1851	Pristis zijsron	Longcomb sawfish	Indo-West Pacific	730 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Pristidae Sawfishes(See list of species below)

Family: Pristidae Sawfishes

(See list of species below)