FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 295 

 Subgenus Pristiopsis Fowler 



PRISTIS MICRODON Latham 



Pristis microdon Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 2, p. 280, pi. 26, fig. 4 

 (rostrum), 17&i (habitat ?).— Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 351, 1801 

 (copied). — CuviER, Regno animal, vol. 2, p. 132, 1817 (reference). — Muxleb 

 and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, p. 107, 1841 (no locality). — Gray, 

 List fish British Museum, p. 90, 1851 (reference). — Bleeker, Verb. Bata\'. 

 Genootsch. (Plagiost.), vol. 24, p. 54, 1852 (Batavia, Gresik and Suracarta, 

 Java; Bandjermassing, Borneo); (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 80, 1853 (refer- 

 ence). — Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 265, pi. 55, fig. 3, pi. 64, 

 figs. 2-3 (anatomy), 1913 (tropical seas, in rivers; Amazon and tributa- 

 ries). — Ogiuby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 84, 1916 (reference). — 

 McCiTLLOcH and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 129, 1925 

 (reference).— Herre, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 34, p. 303, 1927 (Lake 

 Naujan, Mindoro). — Fowleb, Proc. 4th (1929) Pac. Sci. Congress, Java, 

 p. 498, 1930 (reference). — Chevey, Inst. Oceanogr. Indochine, 19° note, p. 6, 

 1932 (Cochinchina; Cambodge). — Roxas and Mabtin, Dept. Agr. Comm. 

 Manila, Tech. Bull. 6, p. 15, 1937 (reference). 



Pristis perotteti (Valenciennes) Muxleb and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, 

 p. 108, 1841 [type locality: Senegal (fresh water) ].— Gray, List fish British 

 Museum, p. 91, 1851 (reference). — Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 



8, p. 436, 1870 (Atlantic Ocean, West Indies, Chipam, Bandjermassing, 

 Zanzibar). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 510, 1891 (Mada- 

 gascar). — Weber, Zool. Ergebn. Reise Niederljind. Ost-Indien, p. 458, 1894 

 (Borneo and Sumatra, fresh water). — Volz, Zool. Jahrb., Abth. in von der 

 Decken's Syst., vol. 19, p. 413, 1904 (Palembang; Bantung) ; Nat. Tijdschr. 

 Nederland. Indie, vol. 66, p. 239, 1907 (Palembang). — Pearson, Ceylon Ad- 

 ministr. Rep., p. F9, 1915-18. — Herre, Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, 

 p. 12, 1934 (Laguna de Bay). 



Pristis pcri'otetti Martens, in von der Decken's Reise Ost Afrika, vol. 3, pt. 1, 

 1859-61, p. 144, 1869 ( Ebenda ) .— Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 15, 1937 

 (Nonthaburi; Tha-cin; Rayong). 



Pristis perrotteti Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 729, pi. 191, fig. 1, 1878 (Maha- 

 nuddee River, Orissa). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 

 14, p. 49, 1885 (Laguna de Bay, Luzon). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, 

 vol. 1, p. 8, 1889.— Babtxett, Sarawak Gazette, vol. 26, No. 366, p. 134, 1896 

 (Moratabas). — Malpas, Ceylon Administr. Rep., p. E6, 1921. — Tirant, Serv- 

 ice Oceanogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 6° note, pp. 71, 175, 1929 (Cochinchina). 



Pristis perottetii Annandale, Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 2, p. 6, 1909 (off Arakan 

 and Orissa). 



Pristis perrottetti Pillay, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 33, No. 2, p. 352, 

 1929 (Travancore). 



Pristis antiquorum (not Latham) Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 29, 

 p. 36, 1860 (Calcutta).— Guichenot, Notes ile Reunion, vol. 2, p. 30, 1863. 



Pristis zysron (part) Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, p. 441, 1852. 



Pristis zephyreits Jordan and Starks, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 5, 

 p. 383, 1895 (type locality: Panama). — Oghjjy, Ann. Queensland Mus., No. 



9, p. 4, 1908 (Queensland coast). 



Head to spiracles 2% to subcaudal origin ; width at pectoral origin 

 2%. Snout 1% in head measured to spiracle ; eye 20, 18 in snout, 3i/^ 

 in interorbital ; rostral teeth 17 + 17, well spaced, grooved behind to 



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