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Selected Sawfish References

Selected references on sawfish research

Adams, W. F. and C. Wilson. 1995. The status of the smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata Latham 1794 (Pristiformes: Pristidae) in the United States. Chondros 6:1–5.

Bigelow, H. B. and W. C. Schroeder. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates, rays, and chimaeroids. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research Memoir 1, Part 2. 588 pp.

Breder, C. M., Jr. 1952. On the utility of the saw of the sawfish. Copeia 1952:90–92.

Camhi, M., S. L. Fowler, J. A. Musick, A. Brautigam, and S. V. Fordham. 1998. Sharks and their Relatives—Ecology and Conservation. IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. 39 pp.

Compagno, L. J. V. and P. R. Last. 1999. Pristidae. Sawfishes. pp. 1410–1417. In: K. E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.), FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Rome.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 1999. Protected species: sawfishes, basking shark, whale shark, white shark, sand tiger shark, bigeye sand tiger shark, manta ray, and spotted eagle ray; prohibition of harvest, landing, and sale. Chapter 68B-44.008 (formerly 46-44.008) Florida Administrative Code Rule 11:1222.

Henshall, J. A. 1895. Notes on fishes collected in Florida in 1892. Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 14:209–221.

Henshall, J. A. 1891. Report upon a collection of fishes made in southern Florida during 1889. Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 9:371–389.

Hoover, J. J. 2008. Searching for Sawfish: a history of the hunt. American Currents. 34(2):1-15.

Jordan, D. S. and J. Swain. 1884. Notes on fishes collected by David S. Jordan at Cedar Keys, Florida. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 7:230–234.

Last, P. R. and J. D. Stevens. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO Australia. 513pp.

McEachran, J. D. and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1112 pp.

Poulakis, G. R. and J. C. Seitz. 2004. Recent occurrence of the smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata (Elasmobranchiomorphi: Pristidae), in Florida Bay and the Florida Keys, with comments on sawfish ecology. Florida Scientist 67:27–35. Download This PDF File (483 KB)

Seitz, J.C. and G.R. Poulakis. 2006. Anthropogenic effects on the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in the United States. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52:1533-1540.

Seitz, J. C. and G. R. Poulakis. 2002. Recent occurrence of sawfishes (Elasmobranchiomorphi: Pristidae) along the southwest coast of Florida (USA). Florida Scientist 65:256–266. Download This PDF File(596 KB)

Simpfendorfer, C. A.; G. R. Poulakis; P. M. O’Donnell; and T. R. Wiley. 2008. Growth rates of juvenile smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata Latham in the western Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology (2008) 72, 711–723. Download this PDF File (296 KB)

Simpfendorfer, C. A. 2002. Smalltooth sawfish: the USA' s first endangered elasmobranch? Endangered Species Update 19:53–57.

Simpfendorfer, C. A. 2000. Predicting population recovery rates for endangered western Atlantic sawfishes using demographic analysis. Environ. Biol. Fish. 58:371–377.

Snelson, F. F., Jr. and S. E. Williams. 1981. Notes on the occurence, distribution, and biology of elasmobranch fishes in the Indian River Lagoon system, Florida. Estuaries 4:110–120.

Thorson, T. B. 1982a. Life history implications of a tagging study of the largetooth sawfish, Pristis perotteti, in the Lake Nicaragua-San Juan system. Environ. Biol. Fish. 7:207–228.

Thorson, T. B. 1982b. The impact of commercial exploitation on sawfish and shark populations in Lake Nicaragua. Fisheries 7:2–10.

Thorson, T. B.1976. Observations on the reproduction of the sawfish, Pristis perotteti, in Lake Nicaragua, with recommendations for its conservation. pp. 641–650. In: T.B. Thorson (ed.) Investigations of the Ichthyofauna of Nicaraguan Lakes, School of Life Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Thorson, T. B.1974. Occurrence of the sawfish, Pristis perotteti, in the Amazon River, with notes on P. pectinatus. Copeia 1974:560–564.

United States National Marine Fisheries Service. 2003. Endangered and threatened species; final endangered status for a distinct population segment of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in the United States. Federal Register 68:15674–15680.



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