Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Pristiformes

Pristidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pristis

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sawfishes sources: MASDEA (1997).

English-United States: sawfishes sources: english PESI focal point

German: Sägefische sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Πριστίδες sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: pristidi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: pjūklažuvinės sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sagfiskfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: piłowate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: пилоры́лые sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: pilarji sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: testere balığıgiller sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Риби-пилки

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

External Links

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GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Pristidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105707