Lepisosteus
Lepisosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae.
| Lepisosteus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to present[1] | |
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| Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
| Family: | Lepisosteidae |
| Genus: | Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803 |
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Distribution
While in the present day, Lepisosteus is only known across North America, fossil remains show it was much more widespread in the past, with specimens known from the Cretaceous of India and Brazil.
Systematics
| Lepisosteidae |
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Species
The currently recognized species are:[4]
Extant species
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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 | Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864 | Spotted gar | North America |
 | Lepisosteus osseus Linnaeus, 1758 | Longnose gar | east coast of North and Central America in freshwater lakes and as far west as Kansas and Texas and southern New Mexico |
.jpg.webp) | Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque, 1820 | Shortnose gar | Montana to the west and the Ohio River to the east, southwards to the Gulf Coast. |
 | Lepisosteus platyrhincus DeKay, 1842 | Florida gar | USA from the Savannah River and Ochlockonee River watersheds of Georgia and throughout peninsular Florida |
Fossil species
- †Lepisosteus aganus (Cope, 1877)
- †Lepisosteus bemisi Grande, 2010
- †Lepisosteus bohemicus (Laube, 1901)
- †Lepisosteus cominatoi Santos, 1984
- †Lepisosteus cycliferus (Cope, 1873)
- †Lepisosteus glaber Marsh, 1871
- †Lepisosteus indicus Woodward, 1908
- †Lepisosteus integer (Cope, 1877)
- †Lepisosteus fimbriatus Wood, 1846
- †Lepisosteus knieskerni Fowler, 1911
- †Lepisosteus longus Lambe, 1908
- †Lepisosteus nahunticus (Cope, 1869)
- †Lepisosteus notabilis Leidy, 1873
- †Lepisosteus occidentalis[5][6]
- †Lepisosteus opertus Estes, 1964
- †Lepisosteus strausi Kinkelin, 1884
- †Lepisosteus suessoniensis Gervais, 1888
- †Lepisosteus whitneyi Marsh, 1871
Three species formerly classified in Lepisosteus (tropical gar, Cuban gar, and alligator gar) are now assigned to the genus Atractosteus.
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Lepisosteidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- "Lepisosteidae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Lepisosteiformes – gars and relatives". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- Pearson et al., 2002, p.154
- "Class Osteichthyes," in Estes and Berberian, 1970, p.3
External links
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Lepisosteus in FishBase. June 2011 version.
Data related to Lepisosteus at Wikispecies
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