Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rhinopristiformes > Family Pristidae > Genus Pristis

Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pristis*	Linck, 1790	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: smalltooth sawfish sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

German: Kammsägefisch; Kleinzahn-Sägerochen; Sägefisch sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: מסורן ארך-שן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Spanish, Castillian: pez peine; pez sierra; pez sierra peine sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

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

Ukrainian: Риба-пилка дрібнозуба

Literature

original description	Latham, J. F. (1794). An essay on the various species of sawfish. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. v. 2 (art. 25): 273-282, Pls. 26-27.
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	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 1-354.
additional source	Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. Biological Invasions. 11(3): 697-711.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Pristis pectinata, Mexico, by Bonfil, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105848