Atractosteus
Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
| Family: | Lepisosteidae |
| Genus: | Atractosteus (Rafinesque, 1820) |
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Atractosteus africanus fossils
Systematics
| Lepisosteidae |
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Species
Extant species
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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.jpg) | Atractosteus spatula Lacépède, 1803 | Alligator gar | Southern United States |
 | Atractosteus tristoechus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | Cuban gar | Western Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud |
 | Atractosteus tropicus T. N. Gill, 1863 | Tropical gar | Southern Mexico to Costa Rica |
Fossils
- †Atractosteus africanus (Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943) [3]
- †Atractosteus cuneatus (Cope 1884) non (Cope 1878)
- †Atractosteus emmonsi Hay 1929
- †Atractosteus falipoui (Cavin & Brito 2001)
- †Atractosteus lapidosus Hay 1919
- †Atractosteus messelensis Grande 2010
- †Atractosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856) non Wiley 1976
- †Atractosteus simplex (Leidy 1873)
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Atractosteus in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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