Lepisosteus
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| Lepisosteus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous to Present[1] |
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 Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
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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
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.
- "Lepisosteus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
