 It is the only sawfish that certainly still survives in the United States (the largetooth sawfish, "P. pristis", has likely been extirpated from this country), and it has been listed by the National Marine Fisheries Service as endangered under the Endangered Species Act since 2003.It is estimated that the smalltooth sawfish population in the United States now equals less than 5% of the historical population in this country.In the United States it once occurred from Texas to New York (northern range as summer visitors), but today it is essentially limited to Florida.