Published November 27, 2023 | Version v1
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Pristis pristis

  • 1. Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología / Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET) and Centro de
  • 2. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Rd # 13, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA joel. t. betts @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6018 - 8995
  • 3. Unidad de Gestión Técnica de Proyectos - Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales y de Cooperación Externa (ORICE / UGETEP),
  • 4. Universidad Americana (UAM, Costado Noroeste Camino de Oriente, Managua, Nicaragua edgar. ecologica @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8148 - 3195
  • 5. Department of Environment and Development, Zamorano Biodiversity Center. Zamorano University of Tegucigalpa, P. O. Box 93, Honduras evandenberghe @ zamorano. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7566 - 0415
  • 6. Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH). Chicago, Illinois, United States of America delias @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4215 - 0384 cmcmahan @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2113 - 8554

Description

Pristis pristis (Linnaeus 1758) (Fig. 6B). Largetooth Sawfish, Common Sawfish; Pez Sierra, Pejesierra

Vouchers: (other collections) CAS 232274 (2). Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical waters; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–31 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; CR A2cd (2013), population trend decreasing. Literature: Meek (1907: 104, as Pristis aniquorum Latham 1794 —synonym; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 56, as Pristis perotteti Valenciennes 1841 —synonym; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 65, as P. perotteti —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 53; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Faria et al. (2013: 136; redescription, including an illustration, identification key and information on distribution), Robertson & Allen (2015: 2309; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 171; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Valerio-Vargas & Espinoza (2019: 231; distribution in Costa Rica, with a map, and conservation status) and Angulo (2021: 20; listed, including information on distribution).

Notes

Published as part of Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5376 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788

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References

  • Meek, S. E. (1907) Synopsis of the fishes of the Great Lakes of Nicaragua. Field Columbian Museum Zoological Series, 7, 97 - 132. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 3761
  • Villa, J. (1982) Peces nicaraguenses de agua dulce. Editorial Union Cardoza y Cia. Ltda, Managua, 253 pp.
  • Bussing, W. A. (1998). Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose´, Costa Rica, 468 pp.
  • Faria, V. V., McDavitt, M. T., Charvet, P., Wiley, T. R., Simpfendorfer, C. A. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2013) Species delineation and global population structure of critically endangered sawfishes (Pristidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 167, 136 - 164. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2012.00872. x
  • Robertson, D. R. & Allen, G. R. (2015) Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: online information system. Version 2.0. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama´. Available from: https: // biogeodb. stri. si. edu / sftep / en / pages (acccesed 18 February 2023)
  • Robertson, D. R. & Van Tassell, J. (2019) Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean: online information system. Version 2.0. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama´. Available from: https: // biogeodb. stri. si. edu / caribbean / en / pages (acccesed 18 February 2023)
  • Angulo, A. (2021) New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist. Zootaxa, 5083 (1), 1 - 72, https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5083.1.1