Pristis pectinata, LATHAM, 1794

Faria, Vicente V., Mcdavitt, Matthew T., Charvet, Patricia, Wiley, Tonya R., Simpfendorfer, Colin A. & Naylor, Gavin J. P., 2013, Species delineation and global population structure of Critically Endangered sawfishes (Pristidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167 (1), pp. 136-164 : 155-157

PRISTIS PECTINATA LATHAM, 1794

FMNH 9367, isolated rostrum (mounted), Spring 1909, Florida, USA; FMNH 51264, isolated rostrum, Caribbean Sea, Belize; FMNH 51265, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; FMNH 10923, isolated

rostrum (and cast), 8/15/1924, Gulf of Mexico, Port Isabel , Laguna Madre, Texas, USA ; FMNH 10924 , jaws (and cast), 9/11/1924, Gulf of Mexico , Port Isabel , Laguna Madre, Texas, USA ; FMNH 51205 , jaw, unknown locality ; FMNH 36628 , dry skin and wet fins of an adult female, before 1930, Caribbean Sea, Key West, Florida, USA ; FMNH 51186 , skin, 1924, Gulf of Mexico , Port Isabel , Texas, USA ; FMNH 1939 , juvenile, 1/17/1896, Indian River , Cocoa, Florida, USA ; FMNH 76391 , female, 6/22/1910, Amazon River , Pará, Brazil ; MCZ -1220, isolated rostrum, female, 8/24/1834, Bay of Pascagoula , Mississippi, USA ; MCZ -1214, isolated rostrum, 1793?, unknown locality; MCZ 89872, isolated rostrum, 2/1918, Caribbean Sea , Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA ; MCZ 153653 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; MCZ 153664 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; MCZ 153665 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; MCZ 163850 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality; MCZ -105, female (664 mm TL), 4/1853, Gulf of Mexico , Mobile , Alabama, USA ; MCZ 36960 (first of five), male (1001 mm TL), Gulf of Mexico , Galveston , Texas, USA ; MCZ 36960 (second of five), female (1005 mm TL), Gulf of Mexico , Galveston , Texas, USA ; MCZ 36960 (third of five), female (988 mm TL), Gulf of Mexico , Galveston , Texas, USA ; MCZ 36960 (fourth of five), male (1012 mm TL), Gulf of Mexico , Galveston , Texas, USA ; MCZ 36960 (fifth of five), male (1050 mm TL), Gulf of Mexico , Galveston , Texas, USA ; MCZ 36659, male (1337 mm TL), 12/1947, Gulf of Mexico , off Galveston , Texas, USA ; AMNH 55572 (first of two), male (454 mm TL), 3/1958, (‘R/V Cape St. Mary’) Guyana ; AMNH 55572 (second of two), female (419 mm TL), 3/1958, (‘R/V Cape St. Mary’) Guyana ; AMNH 225808 , female (713 mm TL), 1/1908, USA ; AMNH 44010 , female (730 mm TL), unknown locality ; AMNH 55558 , isolated rostrum, 1834, Caribbean Sea , Key West, Florida, USA ; ANSP 17343 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; ANSP 92746 , isolated rostrum, before 1960, Essequibo River , Demerara, Guyana ; ANSP 17401 , isolated rostrum, before 1878, S. West Atlantic ; ANSP 153754 , juvenile male (824 mm TL), 3/25/61, Caribbean Sea , Long Key (Atlantic side), Monroe County, Florida, USA ; YPM 1135 , isolated head and rostrum, 1926, Pacific Mexico (questionable, probably collected from the Caribbean Sea during the preliminary samplings of the Pawnee II expedition) ; YPM 14916, female (734 mm TL), 1926, Pacific Mexico (questionable, possibly collected from the Caribbean Sea during the preliminary samplings of the Pawnee II expedition) ; YPM 14917, juvenile female (715 mm TL), 1926, Pacific Mexico (questionable, possibly collected from the Caribbean Sea during the preliminary samplings of the Pawnee II expedition) ; YPM 8625 , male (829 mm TL), 1886, Indian River , Florida, USA ; YPM 11931, isolated rostrum, before 1913, Gulf of Mexico , Louisiana, USA ; YPM 11930, isolated rostrum, 1870, South Carolina, Charleston County, USA ; YPM 11929, isolated rostrum, before 1916, Louisiana, USA ; YPM 3 , isolated rostrum (mounted), unknown locality ; YPM 15083, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; TCWC 2082.01, female (1440 mm TL), 01/23/1978, Gulf of Mexico , Corpus Christi Bay , Port Aransas, Texas, USA ; TCWC 6565.01, isolated rostrum, 04/10/1949, Gulf of Mexico , Mustang Island , Texas, USA ; MNHN 1903-427 , isolated rostrum, 1900, French Guiana ; MNHN 0000-3484, isolated rostrum, Cayenne , French Guiana ; MNHN A-9476, stuffed male (733 mm TL), Caribbean Sea, Antilles; MNHN 2003- 2614 , isolated rostrum, 1958, Pointe-Noire, Congo ; MNHN 1986-0397 , female (741 mm TL), Port-Etienne (Nouadhibou), Mauritania ; MNHN 1990-0002 , juvenile male (1035 mm TL), 9/1983, Cacheu, Guinea- Bissau ; MNHN 0000-1251 (first of two), male (217 mm TL), Gabon ; MNHN 0000-1251 (second of two), female (214 mm TL), Gabon ; MNHN 0000-9858, stuffed female (3720 mm TL), 1831, Caribbean Sea, Haiti ; MNHN 0000-9859, stuffed female (3760 mm TL), unknown locality; MNHN B-549, full body skin, including head and rostrum of a female (758 mm TL), Senegal ?; RMNH D2662, stuffed female (714 mm TL), unknown locality; RMNH D3107, isolated rostrum, before 1944, ‘ Paramaribo, Trinidad Island’ , Suriname or Trinidad and Tobago?; RMNH D3110, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3105, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3096, isolated rostrum, 9/1963, Tygerbank, Suriname ; RMNH D3100, isolated rostrum, 1965, Atlantic ; MRAC A4-45-P-9, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; MRAC A4-45-P-17, isolated rostrum, Congo ?; MRAC 74240 , female (730 mm TL), 1948, Banana Creek , DR Congo ; MRAC 1486 , female (654 mm TL), 1911, Banana, DR Congo ; ZMB 33546, male (370 mm TL), 1/1907, Longji, Cameroon ; ZMB 16632, male (342 mm TL), 1/1907, Longji, Cameroon ; ZMB 33540, male (351 mm TL), 1/1907, Longji, Cameroon ; ZMB 33541, male (331 mm TL), 1/1907, Longji, Cameroon ; ZMB 33542, female (339 mm TL), 1/1907, Longji, Cameroon ; ZMB 33543, male (335 mm TL), 1/1907, Longji, Cameroon ; ZMB 33544, female (348 mm TL), 1/1907, Longji, Cameroon ; ZMB 9226 , male (641 mm TL), Limbe (‘ Victoria’), northern Congo Basin , Cameroon ; ZMB 33549, female (349 mm TL), unknown locality ; ZMB 33548, female (355 mm TL), unknown locality ; ZMB 4524 , male (233 mm TL), North Atlantic ; ZMB 16106, isolated rostrum, Luanda, Angola ; ZMB 16108, isolated rostrum, Luanda, Angola ; ZMB 33574, isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; ZMB 33587, full-body skeleton, unknown locality; BMNH 1985.6.21.1, male (404 mm total length), 3/1958, (‘R/V Cape St. Mary’) Guyana ; BMNH 1985.6.21.2, female (419 mm total length), 3/1958, (‘R/V Cape St. Mary’) Guyana ; BMNH 1985.6.21.3, female (434 mm total length), 3/1958, (‘R/V Cape St. Mary’) Guyana ; unknown BMNH, female (723 mm TL), unknown locality; BMNH 1906.8.14.47, male (662 mm TL), Florida, USA ; BMNH 1982.9.13.6, isolated rostrum, 1886(?), Guyana; BMNH 1982.9.13.5, isolated rostrum, 1886(?), Guyana; BMNH 1842.12.12.33, stuffed male (7602 mm TL), Caribbean Sea ; BMNH 1857.6.13. (175?), stuffed male (650 mm TL), unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.47, stuffed male (700 mm TL), unknown locality; BMNH 1908.7.6.30, stuffed female (750 mm TL), Gulf of Mexico , Pánuco River , Near Tampico, Mexico ; BMNH 1848.7.28.40, stuffed (715 mm TL), Mexico (W. Atlantic) ; BMNH 1876.5. 24.35, stuffed female (4170 mm TL), 3/1876, Caribbean Sea, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago ; BMNH 1945.11.12.1, isolated rostrum, Caribbean Sea , West Indies; uncat. UF, isolated rostrum, 1960s, Caribbean Sea, Tortuguero, Costa Rica ; UF 48061/Z 5677, isolated rostrum, 1912, Gulf of Mexico , Anna Maria Sound , Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA ; unknown UF (? 80992), isolated rostrum, unknown locality; unknown UF (? 16608 or 80991), isolated rostrum, unknown locality; unknown UF (? 90468), isolated rostrum, unknown locality; unknown UF (? 90379), isolated rostrum, unknown locality; unknown UF (? 90378), isolated rostrum, unknown locality; unknown UF (? 83171), isolated rostrum, unknown locality; uncat. UF (Zooarch), isolated rostrum, unknown locality; USNM 00127141 , female (801 mm TL), 7/7/1930, Gulf of Mexico , Quatre Bayou Pass , Louisiana, USA ; USNM 00121000 , female (866 mm TL), Caribbean Sea , Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela ; USNM 00205192 , male (1152 mm TL), Cocoa , Florida, USA ; USNM 00030678 , male (675 mm TL), 1882, Gulf of Mexico , Pensacola , Florida, USA ; USNM 00015453 , stuffed male (746 mm TL), 5/1875 or earlier, unknown locality ; USNM 00029091 , isolated rostrum, summer 1870, Gulf of Mexico , Brazos Santiago Harbor , Texas, USA ; USNM 00110149 , isolated rostrum, Florida, USA ; USNM 00110175 , isolated rostrum, ‘ Guanajuato’ (?), Mexico ; USNM 00110176 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; USNM 00110177 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; USNM 00110248 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; USNM 00110324 , isolated rostrum, 7/1939 or earlier, unknown locality ; USNM 00111368 , isolated rostrum, 10/1943, ‘ Lake Nicaragua’ (?), Nicaragua ; USNM 00111392 , isolated rostrum, 1/12/1944, unknown locality ; USNM 00232685 (first of three), isolated rostrum, Gulf of Mexico , Tarpon Springs , USA ; USNM 00232685 (second of three), isolated rostrum, Gulf of Mexico , Tarpon Springs , USA ; USNM 00232685 (third of three), isolated rostrum, Gulf of Mexico , Tarpon Springs , Florida, USA ; USNM 00232687 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; USNM 00232968 , isolated rostrum, Ft. Macon, North Carolina, USA ; USNM 00232969 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality ; USNM 00260348 , isolated rostrum, Cape Romain Lighthouse , South Carolina, USA ; USNM 00260349 , isolated rostrum, Colombia ( Atlantic , inferred) ; USNM 00260350 , isolated rostrum, unknown locality .

Additional material

Isolated rostra from private collections: 1993 or earlier, unknown locality (N = 1); 1/1997 or earlier, Florida?, USA? (N = 1); 1956, Gulf of Mexico, USA (N = 1); 6/1999 or earlier, unknown locality (N = 1).

Photograph of a complete specimen from a public collection: LACM 42016.001, unsexed (4430 mm TL), 3/8/1882, Indian River Inlet , Florida, USA .

Photographs of rostra from public collections: IFAN R956, female (4600 mm TL), 7/11/1956, Joal , Senegal ; IFAN R 1B, unsexed (3150 mm TL), 3/28/1959, Joal , Senegal ; IFAN R969, Casamance , Senegal ?; IFAN R973, R962, R975, and two uncatalogued IFAN, unknown locality (N = 5); LACM 39297.002,.003,.004,.005, 006,.008, and.009, Florida, USA (N = 7).

Photographs of isolated rostra from private collections: 1940–1950, Gulf of Mexico, Collier County, Florida, USA (N = 1); 2000 or earlier, Florida?, USA? (N = 1).

Number of rostral teeth per side data from specimens from public collections: CAS-13512(?), female (723 mm TL), Georgetown, Guyana; LACM 42017.002, Atlantic Ocean; SU 10630, male (690 mm TL), Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA; SU 14334, male (750 mm TL), 5/1935, Tarpon Bay, Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, USA.

Number of rostral teeth per side data from Robillard & Séret (2006): 4/1980 and c. 1990, Alcatraz, Republic of Guinea (N = 2); Kamsar, Republic of Guinea (N = 2); 1988, Kamsar, Republic of Guinea (N = 1); Bijagos, Guinea-Bissau (N = 1); c. 1987, Orango, Guinea Bissau (N = 1); Formosa, Guinea-Bissau (N = 1); Bolama, Guinea-Bissau (N = 1); 1977, Kartong, Gambia (N = 1); 1990, Joal, Senegal (N = 1); c. 1975, Kayar, Senegal (N = 1).