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Pristis pristis
– Critically Endangered
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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CHONDRICHTHYES
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Order:
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RAJIFORMES
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Family:
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PRISTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Pristis pristis
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Species Authority:
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Common Name/s:
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COMMON SAWFISH (Eng)
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Taxonomic Notes:
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Pristiformes is now a synonym of Rajiformes.
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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CR A1abc+2cd ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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2000
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Assessor/s:
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Cook, S.F. & Compagno, L.J.V.
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Evaluator/s:
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Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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A large species of inshore marine and freshwater sawfish that was once common in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic, but has now, along with all other sawfishes, been extirpated from Europe and the Mediterranean. Its status in West Africa is unsurveyed, but it is extremely vulnerable to bycatch and is believed to be severely depleted in Africa, where elasmobranch fisheries effort has increased. Without timely intervention, there is a high probability that this sawfish will become extinct.
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History:
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| 1996 | - | Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Indo-West Pacific: Australia. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Ecuador. Western Atlantic: Florida and Louisiana, USA to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Angola, including the western Mediterranean.
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Countries:
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Native:
Angola; Australia; Benin; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Colombia; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Gibraltar; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Honduras; Liberia; Malta; Mauritania; Mexico; Morocco; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Portugal (Madeira); Senegal; Sierra Leone; Spain (Canary Is.); Togo; United States (California, Florida, Louisiana); Western Sahara
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FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
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Native:
Atlantic-eastern central; Atlantic-northeast; Atlantic-southeast; Mediterranean and Black Sea
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Population
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Population:
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A large species of inshore marine and freshwater sawfish that was once common in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic, but has now, along with all other sawfishes, been extirpated from Europe and the Mediterranean. Its status in West Africa is unsurveyed.
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine
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List of Habitats:
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| 5.1 | Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) |
| 9.1 | Marine Neritic - Pelagic |
| 9.10 | Marine Neritic - Estuaries |
| 13.4 | Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes |
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Threats
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List of Threats:
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| 4.1.1 | Accidental mortality - Bycatch - Fisheries-related (ongoing) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Shark Specialist Group. 2000. IUCN Shark Specialist Group Red List Assessments, 2000 (unpublished report). Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.
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