. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. WHITLEY. 45 1846, p. 223, and Tas. Journ. Nat. Sci., iii., 1849, pp. 31 or 81 and 105. Id. Leichhardt, Journ. Overland Exped., 1847, p. 288 (Lynd River). ? Pristis Macdonell, Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. Wales, June 29, 1887, p. vii.; Proc. (2), ii., August, 1887, p. 412 (W. Austr.—fresh- water) . Id. Dahl, "In Savage Australia," 1926, p. 137 (Uniya Mission, Australia). " Swordfish Shark," Chisholm, Strange New World, 1941, pp. 251, 252. Ex John Gilbert's MS. diary, June 10, 1845, Lynd River. The first mention of t
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. WHITLEY. 45 1846, p. 223, and Tas. Journ. Nat. Sci., iii., 1849, pp. 31 or 81 and 105. Id. Leichhardt, Journ. Overland Exped., 1847, p. 288 (Lynd River). ? Pristis Macdonell, Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. Wales, June 29, 1887, p. vii.; Proc. (2), ii., August, 1887, p. 412 (W. Austr.—fresh- water) . Id. Dahl, "In Savage Australia," 1926, p. 137 (Uniya Mission, Australia). " Swordfish Shark," Chisholm, Strange New World, 1941, pp. 251, 252. Ex John Gilbert's MS. diary, June 10, 1845, Lynd River. The first mention of this species was Leichhardt's brief note on his return to Sydney, here quoted from the Mitchell Library copy of "The Australian Journal of Commerce, Agriculture, and Politics" (), iii., March 26, 1846, supplement: — "In a large water-hole of the Lynd we found a dead sawfish (pristis); in those of the Mitchell, alligators were seen by my ; Sergeant Shipway's photograph shows a sawfish (speared through the head) with apparently eighteen teeth on each side of the rostrum, those nearest the head being rather long; the first dorsal fin originates well in advance of level of ventrals and is smaller than the second, whose lobe reaches the caudal which has an excavate posterior margin and distinct lower Lobe; the pectoral angles are not Fi§- 1- rounded. The maximum length was given as five feet. This combination of characters separates Leich- hardt's Sawfish from all other fossil and recent species of Pristidae. Described and figured from the type-locality, Lynd River, North Queens- land; found in freshwater billabongs, and seen also in the Walsh, Mitchell and Palmer Rivers by Sergeant Shipway. Key to the recent species of Australian Sawfishes. A. First dorsal fin originating well in advance of level of ventral origins; about eighteen teeth on each side of saw Pristiopsis leichhardti, Whitley. AA. First dorsal fin originating behind level of ve
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