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Goode (1884)
"...In the Everglades these fish are said to be exceedingly abundant.
In the Saint John's River individuals of all sizes, from one to eight
feet in length, are taken as high up as Jacksonville. They are considered
by the fishermen to be very much a nuisance, since they are exceedingly
powerful and play great havoc with the shad-nets. …. In the Indian
River and its tributaries the Saw-fish is said to be very common, attaining
the width of six or eight feet. On the Gulf coast, …, it is rather
common, being a bottom fish and frequently caught in seines. Stearns states
that he once saw a specimen in Saint Andrew's Bay that must have been
fully fifteen feet long."
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