pristis, Squalus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:235 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, western Atlantic [original: "in Europa"]; localities include Marseille, France; Italy; Lesbos Island, Greece; Syria; Brazil. No types known. Lectotype or neotype fixation needed. Originally based on multiple species and at least 32 pre-Linnaean sources including Artedi 1738:66 [ref. 30578] and Artedi 1738:93 [ref. 30349] as Squalus rostro longo cuspidato osseo plano utrinque dentato; Rondelet 1554:487 [ref. 30354] as Prist(is), L'Écluse & Belon 1605:135 [ref. 30583] as Pristis sive serra, Jonston 1649:217 [ref. 30579] as Pust(is), Charleton 1668:168 [ref. 30580] as Pristis, serra, Willughby 1686:61 [ref. 30164] and Ray 1713:23 [ref. 30231] as Pristis sive serra piscis. Apparently a composite species. Possible syntype: Basilica Santuario del Carmine Maggiore, Naples uncat. (see Fioravanti et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40238], which is based on Pristis pectinata Latham 1794). •Valid as Pristis pristis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Krefft & Stehmann 1973:51 [ref. 7167], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:154 [ref. 13675], Robins & Ray 1986:35 [ref. 23100], Paxton et al. 1989:58 [ref. 12442], Stehmann 1990:53 [ref. 19316], Séret in Lévêque et al. 1990:60 [ref. 21589], Boschung 1992:25 [ref. 23239], Kottelat et al. 1993:1 [ref. 23448], Poll & Gosse 1995:75 [ref. 24781], McEachran & Notarbartolo-di-Sciara in Fischer et al. 1995:772 [ref. 22829], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:137 [ref. 23897], Bussing 1998:53 [ref. 24179], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:62 [ref. 24555], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:173 [ref. 26753], Carvalho & McEachran in Reis et al. 2003:19 [ref. 27061], Gomes & Gadig in Menezes et al. 2003:27 [ref. 27192], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:526 [ref. 26985], Nelson et al. 2004:54 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:81 [ref. 28615], Carvalho et al. 2007:151 [ref. 30012], Fricke 2008:11 [ref. 30182], Faria et al. 2012:11 [ref. 32356], Angulo et al. 2013:989 [ref. 33194], Page et al. 2013:54 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745], Gómez-Rodríguez et al. 2014:111 [ref. 39176], Morgan et al. 2014:35 [ref. 36567], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:236 [ref. 36362], Psomadakis et al. 2015:95 [ref. 34104], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:104 [ref. 34398], Last et al. 2016:474 [ref. 34473], Last et al. 2016:63 [ref. 34991], Miesen et al. 2016:80 [ref. 34492], Séret 2016:1352 [ref. 34545], Weigmann 2016:81 [ref. 34211], White et al. 2017:196 [ref. 35860], Biscoito et al. 2018:485 [ref. 37562], Ehemann et al. 2018:26 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:22 [ref. 35805], Kumar et al. 2018:297 [ref. 36178], White & Ko'ou 2018:45 [ref. 35922], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:121 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:42 [ref. 37250], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861], Reiner 2019:39 [ref. 38139], Cabanillas-Torpoco et al. 2020:149 [ref. 37880], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37881], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 3 [ref. 38321], Jones et al. 2020:284 [ref. 37610], Kovačić et al. 2020:46 [ref. 37519], Psomadakis et al. 2020:193 [ref. 37272], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Angulo 2021:15 [ref. 38913], Ebert et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38234], González-Acosta et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38361], Haroon & Kibria 2021:90 [ref. 39241], Kovačić et al. 2021:14 [ref. 39014], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 4 [ref. 38986], Love et al. 2021:23 [ref. 39279], Taki et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39830], Bañón & Mano 2022:12 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:45 [ref. 39527], Carvalho & Séret 2022:560 [ref. 39670], Fermon et al. 2022:103 [ref. 39448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:34 [ref. 41223], Koerber et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39235], Barrientos et al. 2023:271 [ref. 41235], Carvalho-Filho 2023:312 [ref. 40480], Jamandre 2023:174 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:44 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:88 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Pristis pristis (Linnaeus 1758). Pristidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea). Eastern Pacific populations may represent a different species. P. zephyreus. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.