Třída: Chondrichthyes - paryby
Řád: Pristiformes - pilouni
Čeleď: Pristidae - pilounovití

Synonyma: Pristis acutirostris Duméril, 1865; Pristis annandalei Chaudhuri, 1908; Pristis antiquorum (non Latham, 1794); Pristis clavata (non Garman, 1906); Pristis evermanni Fischer, 1884; Pristis granulosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Pristis leptodon Duméril, 1865; Pristis megalodon Duméril, 1865; Pristis occa (Duméril, 1865); Pristis pectinatus Latham, 1794; Pristis serra Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Pristis woermanni Fischer, 1884; Pristis zijsron (non Bleeker, 1851); Pristobatus occa Duméril, 1865.

Jiná pojmenování: Piloun obecný.

Typová lokalita: Oceán.

Velikost: 500 cm

Reference: Latham, J. F. 1794. An essay on the various species of sawfish. Trans. Linn. Soc. London v. 2 (art. 25): 273-282, Pls. 26-27.