Pristis microdon was reported from 52 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 49 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 1 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to New Guinea, north to the Philippines and Viet Nam, south to Australia. Also Atlantic and eastern Pacific if Pristis perotteti and Pristis zephyreus are synonymized with this species. The original description of Pristis microdon did not give a locality, but most authors have used the name Pristis microdon for the Indo-West Pacific sawfishes of this species group as contrasted from the Atlantic Pristis perotteti and the eastern Pacific Pristis zephyreus.
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Table 1: Present in 49 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 6871
Africa Benin BEN native 4429
South America Brazil BRA native 12202
Asia Cambodia KHM native 12693
Africa Cameroon CMR native 51193
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Africa Congo COG native 4429
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 4429
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4429
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Africa Gabon GAB native 4429
Africa Gambia GMB native 3495
Africa Ghana GHA native 4429
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 4429
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 13275
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4429
Africa Kenya KEN native 30558
Asia Laos LAO native 43281
Africa Liberia LBR native 4429
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3495
Africa Malawi MWI native 39192
Asia Malaysia MYS native 9859
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5578
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4429
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 41819
Asia Philippines PHL native 47737
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 4429
Africa Senegal SEN native 3495
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4429
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5578
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4967
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO native 4429
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
North America USA USA native 276
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9705
Africa Zimbabwe ZWE native 13337

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Algeria DZA questionable 82510
North America Nicaragua NIC questionable 13613

Table 3: Absent from 1 countries/islands (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Cape Verde CPV error 94080

Table 4: Reported from 52 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Africa Algeria DZA questionable 82510
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 87596
Africa Angola AGO native 3166
North America Aruba ABW native 5217
Oceania Australia AUS native 6871
Africa Benin BEN native 4429
South America Brazil BRA native 12202
Asia Cambodia KHM native 12693
Africa Cameroon CMR native 51193
Africa Cape Verde CPV error 94080
South America Colombia COL native 5217
Africa Congo COG native 4429
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 4429
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 5217
South America Ecuador ECU native 40498
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 4429
South America French Guiana GUF native 5217
Africa Gabon GAB native 4429
Africa Gambia GMB native 3495
Africa Ghana GHA native 4429
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 4429
South America Guyana GUY native 5217
Asia India IND native 45255
Asia Indonesia IDN native 13275
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 4429
Africa Kenya KEN native 30558
Asia Laos LAO native 43281
Africa Liberia LBR native 4429
Africa Madagascar MDG native 3495
Africa Malawi MWI native 39192
Asia Malaysia MYS native 9859
Africa Mauritius MUS native 58078
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 5578
Asia Myanmar MMR native 5736
North America Nicaragua NIC questionable 13613
Africa Nigeria NGA native 4429
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 41819
Asia Philippines PHL native 47737
Africa Reunion I. REU native 53568
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 4429
Africa Senegal SEN native 3495
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 4429
Africa South Africa ZAF native 5578
South America Suriname SUR native 5217
Africa Tanzania TZA native 4967
Asia Thailand THA native 37773
Africa Togo TGO native 4429
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 5217
North America USA USA native 276
South America Venezuela VEN native 5217
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 9705
Africa Zimbabwe ZWE native 13337
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