Largetooth sawfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the largetooth sawfish lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pristis pristis
Group	Rays, skates & chimaeras
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Africa, Oceania
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Rhinopristiformes
Family	Pristidae

Where does the largetooth sawfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the largetooth sawfish in 3 countries and territories across Africa and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: New Guinea.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the largetooth sawfish endangered?

The largetooth sawfish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the largetooth sawfish?

The largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Rhinopristiformes and the family Pristidae, genus Pristis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the largetooth sawfish

The largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis, syn. P. microdon and P. perotteti) is a species of sawfish in the family Pristidae. It is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal regions, but also enters freshwater. It has declined drastically and is now critically endangered.

A range of English names have been used for the species, or populations now part of the species, including common sawfish (despite it being far from common today), wide sawfish, freshwater sawfish, river sawfish (less frequently, other sawfish species also occur in freshwater and rivers), Leichhardt's sawfish (after explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt) and northern sawfish.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Largetooth sawfish (revision 1381425399), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1094698 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).