Pristis

Pristis zijsron

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Pristidae
Genus: Pristis
Species: P. clavata – P. microdon – P. pectinata – P. perotteti – P. pristis – P. zijsron

Name

Pristis Linck, 1790

• Type species: Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758

References

• Duffy, C.; Seeto, J.; Trnski, T. 2011: Review of records of sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) from Fiji, with deletion of Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 and Pristis sp. from the fauna. Zootaxa, 3115: 65–67. Preview
• Linck, H.F. 1790. Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Magazin für das Neueste aus der Physik und Naturgeschichte Gotha 6(3): 28–38. Google Books . Reference page. 

Links

• ION (species list)
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names

English: Saw fish
தமிழ்: வாள்சுறா