An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon
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Fermon, Yves
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Bailly, Nicolas
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Cardiec, Floriane
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Causse, Romain
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Chartrain, Emmanuel
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Chirio, Laurent
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Bruyne, Godefroy De
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Deynat, Pascal
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Hopkins, Carl D.
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Lamboj, Anton
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Mennesson, Marion I.
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Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve
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Paugy, Didier
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Sidlauskas, Brian
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Sullivan, John P.
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Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De
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Vigliotta, Thomas R.
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Zee, Jouke Van Der
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Cybium
2022
46
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10904647
journal article
10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
2101-0315
Pristis pectinata
Latham, 1794
Occurrence:
native
Maximum length:
760 cm
TL
Water
type
: marine, brackish, freshwater
Environment: demersal
Depth range:
0-88 m
Migration: amphidromous
IUCN status: CR – Critically endangered (A2cd / 2013) Source: bibliography, preserved, observation
Distribution and remarks: circumglobal. Eastern Atlantic: known from
Gibraltar
to
Namibia
. The current distribution in the Eastern Atlantic is uncertain due to species misidentification, lack of reporting, and the general contraction of its range. This species was historically found along the coast of western Africa from
Angola
to
Mauritania
(
Faria
et al
., 2013
). There has been only one confirmed record for the region in the last 10 years (
Sierra Leone
in 2003). There are unconfirmed records (
Pristis
sp.
) from only two other countries (
Guinea-Bissau
in 2011, and
Mauritania
in 2010).