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Sawfishes

Pristis

Pristis is a genus of sawfish of the family Pristidae.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Smalltooth Sawfish

speciesPristis pectinata

Common Sawfish

speciesPristis pristis

Green Sawfish

speciesPristis zijsron

Dwarf Sawfish

speciesPristis clavata

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Sawfishes in Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.637

Sawfishes in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.508

Sawfishes in De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.755

Sawfishes in De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.753

Sawfishes in De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.752

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67647.