Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983228
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scientific name	Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851
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Green Sawfish

Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851: 442 . Holotype: RMNH 7418 About RMNH (rostrum only). Type locality: Bandjarmasin , Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Local synonymy: Pristis zijaron— Filewood, 1973: 10 (PNG). Pristis zijsron— Kailola, 1987: 24 (Daru; Balimo; Gulf of Papua; Bootless Bay); White et al., 2017a: 277 (PNG); White et al., 2018: 198, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (3 spec.) CAS SU 40592 About CAS (rostrum), ~ 1515 mm TL, Sepik River, 1 May 1929 ; KFRS E.378 (dried rostrum), rostrum length 285 mm, Balimo area, May ̄ Jul. 1968 ; KFRS E.411 (dried rostrum), rostrum length ~ 880 mm, Bootless Bay , Port Moresby, 8 May 1970 .

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973). Dried fins observed from coastal fisheries during recent surveys in the Gulf and Western Provinces. An additional specimen from the KFRS collection is considered lost or destroyed.