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Pristis microdon Latham, 1794

Largetooth sawfish
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Philippines country information

Common names: Barabad, Barasan, Barasan
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Luzon (Ref. 9859). Occurs in the freshwaters of Lake Naujan, Mindoro; Laguna de Bay, Laguna; Bicol River, Camarines Sur; and, Agusan River, Manacop, Davao (Ref. 280). Population probably has greatly declined in the country. Laguna de Bay museum material in SU 26882 (Ref. 47737). Also reported from Lake Taal (Ref. 13446). Also Ref. 4735.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Poisson-scie grandent, Freshwater sawfish, Poisson scie, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rhinopristiformes (Shovelnose rays) > Pristidae (Sawfishes)
Etymology: Pristis: Greek, pristis = saw (Ref. 45335).

Issue
Synonym of Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758) according to Faria et al., 2012 (Ref. 93006:11) and Weigmann, 2016 (Ref. 106604); status confirmed by William White (pers. Comm., Feb 2016).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 27000).   Tropical; 22°N - 39°S, 20°E - 154°E

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