Longcomb sawfish
The longcomb sawfish is native to tropical and subtropical waters in the western and central Indo-Pacific. Historically its distribution covered almost and it ranged from South Africa, north to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, east to the South China Sea, through Southeast Asia to Australia. In Australia, it ranged from Shark Bay, along the northern part of the country, and south to Jervis Bay on the eastern coast. Today it has disappeared from much of its historical range. It can live in colder waters than its relatives, as also evident by the range in Australia where it occurs further south than the other species of sawfish.
Sawfish
"Anoxypristis" contains a single living species that historically was included in "Pristis", but the two genera are morphologically and genetically highly distinct. Today "Pristis" contains four living, valid species divided into two species groups. Three species are in the smalltooth group, and there is only a single in the largetooth group. Three poorly defined species were formerly recognized in the largetooth group, but in 2013 it was shown that "P. pristis", "P. microdon" and "P. perotteti" do not differ in morphology or genetics. As a consequence, recent authorities treat "P. microdon" and "P. perotteti" as junior synonyms of "P. pristis".