Lepisosteus

Lepisosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae only known across North America.

Spotted gar

Species

The currently recognized species are:

• Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864 (Spotted gar)
• Lepisosteus osseus Linnaeus, 1758 (Longnose gar)
• Lepisosteus platysomus Rafinesque, 1820 (Shortnose gar)
• Lepisosteus platyrhincus DeKay, 1842 (Florida gar)

Two longnose gars

Related pages

• Atractosteus

References

1. "Lepisosteidae" Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
2. "Class Osteichthyes," in Estes and Berberian, 1970, p.3

Taxon identifiers	Wikidata: Q133479 Wikispecies: Lepisosteus ADW: Lepisosteus