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
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- High
- 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 AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
