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Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803 
AphiaID: 157871

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lepisosteiformes (Order) > Lepisosteidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Lepisosteidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Cylindrosteus
Lepidosteus
Litholepis Rafinesque, 1818
Sarchirus
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
Species Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Lepisosteus berlandieri Girard, 1858 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Lepisosteus ferox Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Lepisosteus gavial Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus gavialis Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus huronensis Richardson, 1836 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858 accepted as Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
Species Lepisosteus lineatus Thompson, 1842 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus oxyurus Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus productus Cope, 1865 accepted as Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
Species Lepisosteus spatula Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Lepisosteus stenorhynchus Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus treculii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepisosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157871
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-24 14:41:52Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2013-03-11 13:25:43Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157871 on 2013-05-23
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