Lepisosteus
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| Lepisosteus Temporal range: 100–0 Ma Late Cretaceous to Present[1] |
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| Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
| Family: | Lepisosteidae |
| Genus: | Lepisosteus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Lepisosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae.
There are four species:
- Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864 (Spotted gar)
- Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Longnose gar)
- Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque, 1820 (Shortnose gar)
- Lepisosteus platyrhincus DeKay, 1842 (Florida gar)
Three species formerly classified in Lepisosteus (the tropical gar and alligator gar) are now assigned to the genus Atractosteus.
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Lepisosteus in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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