Pristis

From Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis, “sawfish”), from πρῐ́ζω (prĭ́zō) / πρίω (príō, “to saw”) + -τις (-tis, “nominal suffix”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pristidae – most species of sawfish.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Rajomorphii - superorder; Pristiformes - order; Pristidae - family

• (genus): Pristis pristis (largetooth sawfish, common sawfish, freshwater sawfish, Leichhardt's sawfish) - type species; Pristis clavata (dwarf sawfish, Queensland sawfish), Pristis pectinata (smalltooth sawfish), Pristis zijsron (longcomb sawfish, green sawfish) - other accepted extant species

• Anoxypristis