Species Pristis clavata Garman, 1906
Dwarf Sawfish, Queensland Saw-fish, Queensland Sawfish, Smaller Sawfish
- Pristis clavata Garman, S. 1906. New Plagiostomia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 46(11): 201-208 [208].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 733, QLD.
Introduction
In Australia, Pristis clavata is listed as Vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Vulnerable in the Northern Territory under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2000, Totally Protected in Western Australia under the Western Australian Fish Resources Management Act 1994, a No Take species in Queensland under the Fisheries Regulation 2008. Internationally it is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Kimberley coast, WA to Cairns, QLD; tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, estuary, inshore.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Pristidae, Rhinidae, Rhinobatidae, Platyrhinidae. pp. 1410-1432 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1414]
Ishihara, H., Tanuichi, T., Sano, M. & Last, P.R. 1991. Record of Pristis clavata Garman from the Pentecost River, Western Australia, with brief notes on its osmoregulation, and comments on the systematics of the Pristidae. University Museum, University of Tokyo, Nature and Culture 3: 43-53 [43]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [21]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [95] (and 96)
Peverell, S.C 2005. Distribution of sawfishes (Pristidae) in the Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, with notes on sawfish ecology. Environmental Biology of Fishes 73: 391-402
Stevens,J.D., R.B. McAuley, C.A. Simpfendorfer & R.D. Pillans 2008. Spatial distribution and habitat utilisation of sawfish (Pristis spp) in relation to fishing in northern Australia. A report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Art prepared. 26 pp. [CSIRO and Western Australia Department of Fisheries]
Thorburn, D.C., Morgan, D.L., Rowland, A.J., Gill, H.S. & Paling, E. 2008. Life history notes of the critically endangered Dwarf Sawfish Pristis clavata Garman 1906 from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Environmental Biology of Fishes 83(2): 139-145
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (113)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Pristidae, Rhinidae, Rhinobatidae, Platyrhinidae. pp. 1410-1432 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1414] (Dwarf Sawfish)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [73] (Queensland Sawfish)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [14] (Queensland Saw-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Dwarf Sawfish)
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [132] (Smaller Sawfish)
History of changes
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 11-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |