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Pristis microdon  Latham, 1794
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160812

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): freshwater sawfish [English]
  
    Greattooth sawfish [English]
  
    smalltooth sawfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassChondrichthyes  -- cartilaginous fishes, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, poissons cartilagineux, raies, rays, requins, sharks, tubarão  
             SubclassElasmobranchii  -- cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                SuperorderEuselachii   
                   OrderPristiformes   
                      FamilyPristidae Bonaparte, 1838 -- peces sierra, poissons-scies, sawfishes  
                         GenusPristis Linck, 1790 -- narrowtooth sawfishes, sawfishes  
                            SpeciesPristis microdon Latham, 1794 -- freshwater sawfish, Greattooth sawfish, smalltooth sawfish  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Pristis microdon   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Pristis microdon   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3   
  Page(s): vi + 1397-2068   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-104302-7, 1020-6868  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pristis microdon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pristis microdon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pristis microdon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: Pristis microdon   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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