Pristis clavata Garman, 1906

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983224
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scientific name	Pristis clavata Garman, 1906
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Dwarf Sawfish

Pristis clavata Garman, 1906: 208 . Holotype: MCZ 733 View Materials -S. Type locality: Queensland, Australia.

Local synonymy: Dulvy et al., 2016: 142 (PNG); White et al., 2017a: 277 (PNG); White et al., 2018: 194, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) KFRS E.428 (dried rostrum), rostrum length 178 mm, Daru, Western Province.

Remarks: An additional 8 specimens (6 registered lots) from the KFRS collection are considered lost or destroyed; all collected in the mid 1960’s. Dried fins observed from coastal fisheries during recent surveys in the Gulf and Western Provinces. White et al. (2017a) lists reports from unpublished survey reports from the 1970s; species identifications not verifiable.