Pristis zijsron Bleeker 1851
Creators: name: Faria, Vicente V.
name: Mcdavitt, Matthew T.
name: Charvet, Patricia
name: Wiley, Tonya R.
name: Simpfendorfer, Colin A.
name: Naylor, Gavin J. P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Rhinopristiformes
Pristidae
Pristis
Pristis zijsron

description: PRISTIS ZIJSRON BLEEKER, 1851   RMNH D7418 (holotype), isolated rostrum, Indonesia; FMNH 13266, isolated rostrum, Borneo; MCZ -670, isolated rostrum, mid-1800s, Fiji Islands; AMNH 44048, females (812 and 818 mm TL) and male  
 (680 mm TL), 1931, Jakarta market, Java, Indonesia (N = 3); ANSP 101398, male (723 mm TL), before 1985, unknown locality; YPM 14918, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; MNHN 1888-252, isolated rostrum, 1888, Persian Gulf; MNHN 1986-1077, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; MNHN 1888-253, isolated rostrum, 1888 or earlier, Persian Gulf; MNHN 1895-3, isolated rostrum, 1895, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand?– Cambodia?; MNHN 0000-3485, dry female (819 mm TL), 1830, Red Sea; MNHN 0000-3486, dry female (920 mm TL), Red Sea; MNHN 1967-0949, female (712 mm TL), 1/1929, Tawila Island, Red Sea, Egypt; MNHN 1967-0948, female (723 mm TL), 1929, Red Sea; MNHN 0000-1226, male (890 mm TL), 1856, Ambon, Indonesia; MNHN 1901-492, dry female (1565 mm TL), 1909, Somalia; RMNH 34070, male (393 mm TL), 1872/1877, Java Sea, Ambon, Indonesia; RMNH 34134, caudal fin, Indonesia; RMNH 7418, male (1035 mm TL), before 1879 (auction date), Java Sea, Banjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia; RMNH 34129, female (761 mm TL), 1864, Banda Sea, Ambon, Indonesia; RMNH 34130, female (766 mm TL), 1864, Banda Sea, Ambon, Indonesia; RMNH 4232, juvenile male (488 mm TL), Sulawesi, Makassar, Indonesia; RMNH D2661, dry female (714 mm TL), Red Sea; RMNH D2663, dry female (860 mm TL), Borneo; RMNH D3102, isolated rostrum, Banda Sea, Ceram Island, Indonesia; RMNH D3109, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3076, isolated rostrum, 1/1915, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia; RMNH D3077, isolated rostrum, before 1939, unknown locality; RMNH D3101, isolated rostrum, 9/18/1962, near Massawa, Red Sea (south), Eritrea; RMNH D3111, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3104, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3113, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3113, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; uncat. RMNH, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; RMNH D3098, isolated rostrum, 9/18/1962, near Massawa, Red Sea (south), Eritrea; RMNH D3097, isolated rostrum, 9/18/1962, Massawa, Red Sea (south), Eritrea; RMNH D3108, isolated rostrum, 1942 or earlier, unknown locality; RMNH D3099, isolated rostrum, before 1860, unknown locality; MRAC A4- 045-P-1, isolated rostrum, ‘ Congo’ (probably a mistake); MRAC 98-082 -P-0001, isolated rostrum, 1897 or before, Red Sea; MRAC 98-082 -P-002, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; ZMB 33554, dry male (2460 mm TL), unknown locality; ZMB 33571, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; ZMB 33572, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; ZMB 33576, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; ZMB 33579, dry, unsexed, unknown locality; BMNH 1925.7.20.59-60 (first of three), isolated head with attached rostrum, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.59-60 (second of three), isolated head with attached rostrum, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.59-60 (third of three), isolated head with attached rostrum, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1867.11.28.184, male (876 mm TL), 1867, W. Pacific; uncat. BMNH, isolated head with attached rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1922.1.13.7, wet head and body skin of female (1848 mm TL), Durban Bay, South Africa; BMNH 1925.7.20.53, female (768 mm TL), Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.54, female (760 mm TL), Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.55, male (782 mm TL), Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.56, female (730 mm TL), Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.57, female (756 mm TL), Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1925.7.20.58, male (790 mm TL), Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; BMNH 1880.1.10.2, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1861.5.6.2, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1982.9.13.8, isolated rostrum, before 1960, Persian Gulf, Mesopotamia, Iraq; BMNH 1984.5.29.1, isolated rostrum, Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia; unknown BMNH, isolated rostrum, Persian Gulf?; BMNH 1982.9.13.10, isolated rostrum, Persian Gulf; BMNH 1982.9.13.9, isolated rostrum, Persian Gulf, Fao (Al-Faw), Iraq; BMNH 1841.12.22.2, isolated rostrum, India; BMNH 1950.10.3.1, isolated rostrum, China Sea; BMNH 2004.11.27.24, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.26, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.28, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004. 11.27.29, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.30, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.31, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.32, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.33, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004. 11.27.34, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.36, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.37, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.38, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.41, incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 2004.11.27.42, isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1982.9.13.12, isolated rostrum, Persian Gulf, Fao (Al-Faw), Iraq; BMNH 1982.9.13.11, isolated rostrum, Tasman Sea, Rabbit Island, New Zealand; BMNH 2004.11.27.49, dry female (920 mm TL), Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia; BMNH 2004. 11.27.48, dry male (1010 mm TL), unknown locality; BMNH 1858.11.19.8, dry juvenile male (1005 mm TL), Banda Sea, Ambon, Indonesia; BMNH 1996.1.25.4 or 2004.11.27.46, incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality; BMNH 1849.1.30.21, dry male (2310 mm TL), Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; BMNH 1982.11.2.1, dry male (2105 mm TL), West Pacific (‘ East Indies’); USNM 00170489, female (912 mm TL), Sandakan Bay, Borneo, Malaysia; USNM 00059857, juvenile male (795 mm TL), Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia; USNM 00040003, male (875 mm TL), received on 2/7/1889, Port Jackson, Australia; USNM 00232677, incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality; USNM 00263284, incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality.   
 Additional material   
 Isolated rostra from private collections: 5/1999 or earlier, unknown locality (N = 1); 1980, Burketown, Queensland, Australia (N = 4).   
 Photographs of specimens from private collections: Incomplete isolated rostrum, unknown locality (N = 1); photo of full-body adult, South Africa (dead specimen from the Sea World Aquarium, Durban, South Africa) (N = 1).   
 Number of rostral teeth per side data from specimens from public collections: CSIRO CA 3357, male (686 mm TL), NW continental shelf, Australia; ORI 951200, Richards Bay?, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; SAM 23005, Sri Lanka?; SAM 930519, skeleton of an male (4262 mm TL), Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; SU 40592, 5/1/1929 – 5/ 31/1929, Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea; SU 40862, 9/1/1940 – 9/30/1940, Mindanao Island, Zamboanga State, Philippines.
description: Published as part of Faria, Vicente V., Mcdavitt, Matthew T., Charvet, Patricia, Wiley, Tonya R., Simpfendorfer, Colin A. & Naylor, Gavin J. P., 2013, Species delineation and global population structure of Critically Endangered sawfishes (Pristidae), pp. 136-164 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167 (1) on pages 157-159, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00872.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5292186