Pristis pristis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	CHONDRICHTHYES	RAJIFORMES	PRISTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pristis pristis

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name/s:

English

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Common Sawfish, Common Sawfish

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A2abc+3cd ver 3.1

Year Published:

2005

Assessor/s:

Cook, S.F. & Compagno, L.J.V.

Reviewer/s:

Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S.L. (Shark Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This assessment is based on the information published in the 2005 shark status survey (Fowler et al. 2005).

The Common Sawfish (Pristis pristis) is a large species of sawfish that was once common in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic. It has been extirpated from the Mediterranean and European sections of its range and is believed to be severely depleted in Africa.

History:

2010	–	Critically Endangered
2010	–	Near Threatened
2000	–	Critically Endangered
1996	–	Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Angola; Benin; Cameroon; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Morocco; Nigeria; Panama; Portugal; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo; Western Sahara
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – northeast; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – southeast
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Freshwater; Marine

Systems:

Freshwater; Marine

Bibliography [top]

	Bigelow, H.B. and Schroeder, W.C. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates, rays, and chimaeroids. In: J. Tee Van, C.M. Breder, A.E. Parr, W.C. Schroeder and L.P. Schultz (eds), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 1. Lancets, Cyclostomes and Sharks, Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoirs, Yale University, New Haven, USA. Compagno, L.J.V. and Cook, S.F. 1995. The exploitation and conservation of freshwater elasmobranchs: status of taxa and prospects for the future. In: M.I. Oetinger and G.D. Zorzi (eds), The biology of freshwater elasmobranchs. Journal of Aquariculture and Aquatic Sciences, pp. 62?90. Fowler, H.W. 1936. The marine fishes of West Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 70: 1493. Fowler, S.L., Cavanagh, R.D., Camhi, M., Burgess, G.H., Cailliet, G.M., Fordham, S.V., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Musick, J.A. (comps and eds). 2005. Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes. Status Survey. pp. x + 461. IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Krefft, G. and Stehmann, M. 1973. Pristidae. In: J.C. Hureau and T. Monod (eds), Check-list of the fishes of the northeastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean, pp. 51?52. UNESCO, Paris, France. Stehmann, M. 1990. Pristidae. In: J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Sandanha (eds), Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic JNICT, Portugal, pp. 51?54. Union Europene d?Ichthyologie, Paris, UNESCO, Paris, France. Stehmann, M. and Buerkel, D.L. 1984. Rajidae. In: P.J.P. Whitehead, M.L. Bauchot, J.C. Hureau and E. Tortonese (eds), Fishes of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, UNESCO, Paris, France.

Bigelow, H.B. and Schroeder, W.C. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates, rays, and chimaeroids. In: J. Tee Van, C.M. Breder, A.E. Parr, W.C. Schroeder and L.P. Schultz (eds), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 1. Lancets, Cyclostomes and Sharks, Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoirs, Yale University, New Haven, USA.

Compagno, L.J.V. and Cook, S.F. 1995. The exploitation and conservation of freshwater elasmobranchs: status of taxa and prospects for the future. In: M.I. Oetinger and G.D. Zorzi (eds), The biology of freshwater elasmobranchs. Journal of Aquariculture and Aquatic Sciences, pp. 62?90.

Fowler, H.W. 1936. The marine fishes of West Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 70: 1493.

Fowler, S.L., Cavanagh, R.D., Camhi, M., Burgess, G.H., Cailliet, G.M., Fordham, S.V., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Musick, J.A. (comps and eds). 2005. Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes. Status Survey. pp. x + 461. IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Krefft, G. and Stehmann, M. 1973. Pristidae. In: J.C. Hureau and T. Monod (eds), Check-list of the fishes of the northeastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean, pp. 51?52. UNESCO, Paris, France.

Stehmann, M. 1990. Pristidae. In: J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Sandanha (eds), Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic JNICT, Portugal, pp. 51?54. Union Europene d?Ichthyologie, Paris, UNESCO, Paris, France.

Stehmann, M. and Buerkel, D.L. 1984. Rajidae. In: P.J.P. Whitehead, M.L. Bauchot, J.C. Hureau and E. Tortonese (eds), Fishes of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, UNESCO, Paris, France.

Citation:	Cook, S.F. & Compagno, L.J.V. 2005. Pristis pristis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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