Species profile—Pristis pristis (freshwater sawfish)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Pristidae (sawfishes) → Pristis pristis (freshwater sawfish)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Pristidae (sawfishes)
- Scientific name
- Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- freshwater sawfish
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22611
- Synonym(s)
- Pristis microdon
- Alternate name(s)
- swordfish
Common sawfish
river sawfish - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Marine
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22611.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
