Lepisosteus

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Lepisosteus Fossil range: 100–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous to Present[1]
Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lepisosteiformes Family: Lepisosteidae Genus: Lepisosteus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text.

Lepisosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae.

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.

[edit] References

1. ^ 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 on 2008-01-08. 

• "Lepisosteus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.