There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: •
Pristiophorus nancyae Ebert &
Cailliet, 2011 (African dwarf sawshark) •
Pristiophorus nudipinnis Günther, 1870 (Shortnose sawshark) •
Pristiophorus peroniensis Yearsley,
Last &
W. T. White, 2008 (Eastern Australian sawshark) •
Pristiophorus schroederi S. Springer &
Bullis, 1960 (Bahamas sawshark) ;Fossil species '' '') Based on the Shark-References database: •
Pristiophorus austriacus Reinecke
et al., 2020 •
Pristiophorus borealis Reinecke
et al., 2020 •
Pristiophorus lacipidinensis Adnet, 2006 •
Pristiophorus laevis Engelbrecht, Mörs, Reguero & Kriwet, 2016 •
Pristiophorus lineatus Applegate & Uyeno, 1968 •
Pristiophorus napierensis Chapman, 1918 •
Pristiophorus palaeocenicus (Herman, 1973) •
Pristiophorus pricei Cappetta, Morrison & Adnet, 2019 •
Pristiophorus rupeliensis Steurbaut & Herman, 1978 •
Pristiophorus smithi Cappetta, Morrison & Adnet, 2019 •
Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 •
Pristiophorus tortonicus Reinecke
et al., 2020 The most effective way to diagnose a fossil sawshark species to
Pristiophorus, and as its own species, is via the rarely-preserved oral teeth, which tend to not be associated with the rostral spines. ==References==