Largetooth sawfish - Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794
Quick facts
| Threat status Europe | Critically Endangered (IUCN) |
|---|---|
| Protected by | 4 international agreements |
Distribution
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Threat and conservation status
IUCN Red List status of threatened species
The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.
World
Critically Endangered
Europe
Critically Endangered
EU
Not evaluated
EU conservation status
The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Common names and synonyms
Common Name
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Language
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Reference
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|---|---|---|
| Destere baligi | Turkish | Fishbase |
| Espadarte-serra | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Kammsägefisch | German | Fishbase |
| Largetooth sawfish | English | Fishbase |
| Ostatlantisk sågfisk | Swedish | Fishbase |
| Peixe-serra | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Pejepeine | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Pesce sega | Italian | Fishbase |
| Pez espada | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Pez sierra | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Pez sierra común | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Pila drobnozebna | Polish | Fishbase |
| Poisson-scie tident | French | Fishbase |
| Prionópsaro | Greek | Fishbase |
| Requin-scie | French | Fishbase |
| Riba pila | Serbian | Fishbase |
| Sagarfiskur | Icelandic | Fishbase |
| Sägefisch | German | Fishbase |
| Sagfisk | Norwegian | Fishbase |
| Sågfisk | Swedish | Fishbase |
| Saharausku | Finnish | Fishbase |
| Savfisk | Danish | Fishbase |
| Savrokke | Danish | Fishbase |
| Small-tooth common sawfish | English | Fishbase |
| Smalltooth Sawfish | English | Fishbase |
| Smalltooth sawfish | English | Fishbase |
| Wide sawfish | English | Fishbase |
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Synonym
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Author
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|---|---|
| Pristis pectinatus | Latham, 1794 |
| Pristis granulosa | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
| Pristis antiquorum | (non Latham, 1794) |
| Pristis occa | (Duméril, 1865) |
| Pristis woermanni | Fischer, 1884 |
| Pristis evermanni | Fischer, 1884 |
| Pristis zijsron | (non Bleeker, 1851) |
| Pristis leptodon | Duméril, 1865 |
| Pristis annandalei | Chaudhuri, 1908 |
| Pristis anandalei | Chaudhuri, 1908 |
| Pristis serra | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
| Pristis megalodon | Duméril, 1865 |
| Pristis acutirostris | Duméril, 1865 |
Other resources
| CoL (accepted name) | Catalogue of Life |
| Fauna Europaea search | Fauna Europaea |
| FishBase | FishBase |
| GBIF search | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| ITIS (Valid name) | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
| NCBI search | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
| Species+ | Species+ by UNEP-WCMC |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia |
| WoRMS | World Register of Marine Species |
