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Lepisosteus
Lacépède, 1803
(fish)
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Lepisosteidae (Family) - gars
..Atractosteus (Genus)
..†Cuneatus (Genus)
..†Masillosteus (Genus)
..†Oniichthys (Genus)
..†Paralepidosteus (Genus)
..Lepisosteus (Genus)
....Lepisosteus oculatus (Species) - spotted gar
....Lepisosteus osseus (Species) - longnose gar
....Lepisosteus platostomus (Species) - shortnose gar
....Lepisosteus platyrhincus (Species) - Florida gar
Authorship
Original name
:
Lacepède, 1803. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5: 331.
Original spelling
:
Emended diagnosis (emend.)
:
Grande, L. 2010. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
: 27.
Types
Type of
:
Lepisosteidae
(Family)
Agassiz, 1832
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 55.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Lepisosteiformes
(Order)
Hay, 1929
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 55.
[inferred]
Variants
Incorrect spelling
:
Lepidosteus
(Genus)
König, 1825
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: 23 Oct 2012.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Clastes
(Genus)
Walckenaer, 1837
Ref:
PBDB
: 17 Jul 2019.
Synonymous name
:
Pneumatosteus
(Genus)
Cope, 1869
Ref:
PBDB
: 7 Aug 2019.
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