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Pristis
Linck, 1790
(fish)
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Entity:
Pristidae (Family) - sawfishes
..Anoxypristis (Genus)
..Pristis (Genus)
....Pristis clavata (Species) - dwarf sawfish
....Pristis microdon (Species) - largetooth sawfish
....Pristis pectinata (Species) - common sawfish
....Pristis perotteti (Species) - largetooth sawfish
....Pristis pristis (Species) - largetooth sawfish
....Pristis zijsron (Species) - green sawfish
Authorship
Original name
:
Linck, 1790. Mag. Neuste Phys. u. Nat., 6 (3), 31; Latham 1794, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 2, 276.
Types
Type of
:
Pristidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1835
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; [<12 May 2025].
[inferred]
Type, by absolute tautonymy
:
Pristis pristis
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Eopristis
(Genus)
Stromer von Reichenbach, 1905
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Myriosteon
(Genus)
Gray, 1864
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Pristibatis
(Genus)
de Blainville, 1825
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Pristibatys
(Genus)
Blainville, 1818
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Pristiopsis
(Genus)
Fowler, 1905
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Pristobatus
(Genus)
Blainville, 1816
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zaagvissen s.s.
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (Latin)
Stem
:
Prist-
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 171, 176.
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21 Sep 2025