- Lepisosteus
Taxobox
name = "Lepisosteus"
fossil_range = LateCretaceous to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-08 ]
image_width = 240px
image_caption =Longnose gar , "Lepisosteus osseus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Lepisosteiformes
familia =Lepisosteidae
genus = "Lepisosteus"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Lepisosteus" is a genus of
gar s in the familyLepisosteidae .There are four species:
* "Lepisosteus oculatus " Spotted gar.
* "Lepisosteus osseus " Longnose gar.
* "Lepisosteus platostomus " Shortnose gar.
* "Lepisosteus platyrhynchus ", Florida gar.Three species formerly classified in "Lepisosteus" are now assigned to the genus "
Atractosteus ".References
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