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Smalltooth Sawfish Pristis pectinata

Classification

Pristidae [family]
Pristis [genus] (3)
pectinata [species]

Classification

Pristidae [family]
Pristis [genus] (3)
pectinata [species]

Presence

Recorded on Curaçao
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
Notes on presence status Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

Publications

  • Beek, I.J.M. van, Debrot, A.O., Graaf, M. de 2012. Elasmobranchs in the Dutch Caribbean: current population status, fisheries and conservations. IMARES, Wageningen University.
  • Metzelaar, J. 1919. Over Tropische Atlantische vissen. 314. A.H.Kruyt Uitgever, Amsterdam.
  • Metzelaar, J. 1919. Report on the Fishes collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905. in: Boeke J (1919). Rapport betreffende een voorlopig onderzoek naar den toestand van de Visscherij en de industrie van zeeproducten in de Kolonie Curaçao. Deel 2. 1-314 & IX-XXIX. Amsterdam.
  • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.