Atractosteus
| Large gars Temporal range:
~Santonian–Present, | |
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| Alligator gar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
| Family: | Lepisosteidae |
| Genus: | Atractosteus (Rafinesque, 1820) |
| Type species | |
| Esox spatula Lacépède, 1803
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species.
Species
Extant
- Atractosteus spatula (Alligator gar) Lacépède, 1803
- Atractosteus tristoechus (Cuban gar) J. G. Scheider, 1801
- Atractosteus tropicus (Tropical gar) T. N. Gill, 1863
Extinct
- Atractosteus africanus Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943
- Atractosteus grandei Brownstein & Lyson, 2022
Related pages
- Atractosteus africanus
- Abadzekhia
- Chibapsetta
- Tubemouth
- Lepisosteus
- Wallace's flying frog
- List of prehistoric bony fish genera
References
- Cavin, Lionel; Martin, Michel; Valentin, Xavier (1996). "Occurrence of Atractosteus africanus (actinopterygii, lepisosteidae) in the early Campanien of Ventabren (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). Paleobiogeographical implications". Revue de Paléobiologie. 15 (1): 1–7.
- ↑ Szabó, M.; Gulyás, P.; Ősi, A. (2016). "Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Atractosteus (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteidae) remains from Hungary (Iharkút, Bakony Mountains)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 60: 239–252. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.002.
- ↑ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Lepisosteidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.