Pristis

This article covers the genus Pristis. For the family Pristidae, see sawfish.

Pristis
Temporal range: Late Paleocene - Recent [1][2]
Pristis pristis
Pristis zijsron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Pristidae
Genus: Pristis
Linck, 1790

Pristis is a genus of sawfish of the family Pristidae. These large fish are found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions in coastal marine waters, estuaries, and freshwater lakes and rivers.[3] Sawfish have declined drastically and all species are considered critically endangered today.[4][5]

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  3. ^ Peter R. Last; William T. White; Marcelo R. de Carvalho; Bernard Séret; Matthias F. W. Stehmann; Gavin J. P. Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 59–66. ISBN 978-0-643-10914-8.
  4. ^ "Pristis". International Union for Conservation of Nature, Red List of Threatened Species. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. ^ Nicholas K. Dulvy; Lindsay N. K. Davidson; Peter M. Kyne; Colin A. Simpfendorfer; Lucy R. Harrison; John K. Carlson; Sonja V. Fordham (2014). "Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes" (PDF). Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 26 (1): 134–153. doi:10.1002/aqc.2525.