Lepisosteus

Slender gars
Temporal range: Campanian to present
Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Lepisosteiformes
Family: Lepisosteidae
Genus: Lepisosteus
Lacepède, 1803
Species

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Synonyms
  • Acus Catesby, 1771 non Adams & Adams, 1853 non Chen, Yang & Wilson, 1989 non De Bomare, 1791 non Gray, 1847 non Humphrey, 1797 non Müller, 1766 non Müller, 1774 non Plumier, 1803 non (Swainson, 1839)
  • Lepidosteus Koenig, 1825 [Agassiz, 1836; Lacépède, 1803]
  • Pneumatosteus Cope, 1869
  • Clastichthys Whitley, 1940
  • Clastes Cope, 1873 non Walckenaer, 1833
  • Cylindrosteus (Rafinesque, 1820)
  • Lepisosteus (Cylindrosteus) Rafinesque, 1820
  • Psalidostomus Minding, 1832
  • Sarchirus Rafinesque, 1818
  • Sarcochirus Agassiz, 1846
  • Squammosa Catesby, 1771

Lepisosteus (from Greek lepis (λεπίς), 'scale' and osteon (ὀστέον), 'bone') is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. It contains four extant species, found throughout eastern and central North America. It is one of two extant gar genera alongside Atractosteus.

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