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Nat. Poiss., J, 1865: 474, pi. 9, fig. 2 (descr., ill. of saw, rivers of Senegal); Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., 8, 1870: 436, in part (specimens from Atlant., W. Indies, but not from Chiapam, Guatemala, 

 Zambesi and Bandjermassing); Steindachner, S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 6/ (i), 1870: 577 (nos., Sene- 

 gal); Rochebrune, Act. Soc. linn. Bordeaux, (4) 6, 1882: 48 (size, nos., Senegambia); Steindachner, 

 Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, ^, 1882: 51 (listed, Senegal); Rochebrune, Faune Senegambie, j, Poiss., 

 1883-1885: 25 (same as Rochebrune, 1882); Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., ^j (i), 

 1896: 60 (descr.); Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., jf.j (3), 1898: 2749 (known only from Afr. rivers); Evermann 

 and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 20 (i), 1902: 64 (Senegal, said to occur in W. Indies); Schreiner 

 and Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 12, 1903: 80 (listed, Bahia de Batafogo, Brazil); Hargreaves, 

 Fish. Brit. Guiana, 1904: 14 (habits, ill., Brit. Guiana, but specimen with 23 sawteeth probably P. 

 fectinatus)\ Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., j.^, 1907: 173, 206, pi. 11 (diagn., size, refs., photo, 

 Bahia de Batafogo, Brazil); Regan, Biol. Cent. Amer., Pisces, 1908: 183 (listed. Lake Nicaragua); Bou- 

 lenger. Cat. Fr. Water Fish. Afr., j, 1909: 3 (listed for Gambia, but not refs. to Zambesi and Spire); 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 62, 1910: 469 (saws probably of this species, Bahia [Sao Salvador], 

 Brazil, Gulf of Mexico and Surinam [Dutch Guiana]); Engelhardt, Abh. bayer. Akad. Wiss., Suppl. 

 ^ (3), 191 3: loi (range); Starks, Leland Stanf. Univ. Pub., Univ. Ser., 191 3: 6 (saw. Natal, Brazil); 

 Ribeiro, Rev. Mus. paul., lo., 191 8: 708 (listed, Santos, Brazil); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 

 yi, I9I9'. 129 (listed, Surinam [Dutch Guiana]); Metzelaar, Trop. Atlant. Visschen, 1919: 192 (listed 

 both sides of Atlant.); Eigenmann, Mem. Carneg. Mus., 9, 1922: 25 (saws, San Juan R. in the north, 

 Colombia); Pellegrin, Poiss. Eaux douces Afr. Occ, 1923: 32 (color, size, Sassandra, Ivory Coast, W. 

 Afr.); Ribeiro, Fauna brasil., Peixes, 2 (i) Fasc. i, 1923: 30 (diagn., same as Ribeiro, 1907); Breder, 

 Field Bk. Mar. Fish. Atlant. Coast, 1929: 28 (cf. P.fectinatus)\ Jordan, Evermann and Clark, Rep. U. 

 S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 23, footnote (Afr., prob. not Amer.); Gowanloch, Bull. La. Conserv. 

 Dep., 21, 1932: 88 (not reported from Louisiana); Woodland, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1934: 33 (Ama- 

 zon R., near Parintins, Brazil); Puyo, Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Toulouse, yo, 1936: 89 (size, nos., French 

 Guiana); Smith, H. W., Biol. Rev. (Cambridge), 11, 1936: 64 (listed, fresh water); Berlin, Bull. Mus. 

 Hist. nat. Paris, (2) 11, 1939: 77, 78 (one of orig. specimens in Paris Mus., Senegal R.); Gunter, Amer. 

 Midi. Nat., 26, 1941: 196 (listed, Texas Coast); Baughman, Copeia, 1943: 43 (discuss., descr., photo 

 of saw, cf. P. pectinatus, length, weight, Texas). 



Pristis antiquorum Giinther, Trans, zool. Soc. Lond., 6, 1869: 397, in part (Atlant., but not Chiapam, Gua- 

 temala, and Pacif. ref.); Gill and Bransford, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 1877: 190 (saw. Lake Nica- 

 ragua); Meek, Field Mus. Publ. Zool., 7 (4), 1907: 104 (saws. Lake Nicaragua). 



Pristis microdon Garman, Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., 56, 191 3: 265, in part (descr., synonyms, and 

 refs. for Atlant.); Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (i), 1936: 95 (W. Afr. refs., descr., Brazil, 

 Surinam [Dutch Guiana], Gulf of Mexico); Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (2), 1936: 1153 (in Key); 

 Rohl, Fauna Descript. \'enezuela, 1942: 366 (V'enezuela; not seen); Marden, Nat. geogr. Mag., 86, 

 1944: 184, 186, pi. 5 (color photo, weights, nos.. Lake Nicaragua); Baughman, Copeia, 1947: 280 

 (17—18 sawteeth, Port Isabel, Texas); Schultz, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 99, 1949: 21 (Maracaibo, Vene- 

 zuela). 



Probable Synonyms: 



Pristis antiquorum Costa, Fauna Napol., Pesc. Cat. Sist., 3, 1854— 1857: pis. 8, 9 (ills., no local.); Metzelaar, 



Trop. Atlant. Visschen, 1919: 192, in part (listed both sides Atlant.). 

 Pristis zep/iyreus Jordan and Starks, Proc. Calif Acad. Sci., (2) 5, 1895: 383 (descr., Rio Presidio, Gulf of 



California; for refs., see Beebe and Tee-Van [Zoologica N. Y ., 26, 1941: 253]). 

 Pristis pristis Ribeiro, Fauna brasil., Peixes, 2 (i) Fasc. i, 1923: 30 (no. saw teeth, Brazil). 

 Pristis microdon Rey, Fauna Iberica, Feces, I, 1928: 501, 505 (ill., after Costa, 1854-1857); Miles, Feces 



Rio Magdalena, Ministr. Econ. Nac. Secc. Piscicult., 1947: 36, 37 (listed, estuary of Magdalena R., 



Colombia; not seen). 

 Not Squalus pristis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., J, 1758: 235 (E. Atlant.). 

 Not Pristis antiquorum Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 2, 1794: 277, pi. 26, fig. i (equals Squalus pristis 



Linnaeus 1758). 

 Probably not Pristis microdon Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 2, 1794: 280, pi. 26, fig. 4 (no local., name 



commonly applied to Indian Ocean form; for refs., see Fowler [Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 100 (13), 1941 : 



295])- 



