WoRMS taxon details
Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820
AphiaID: 268439
AphiaID: 268439
| 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 |
Atractoseus (misspelling) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803) Species Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Species Atractosteus tropicus Gill, 1863 Species Atractosteus adamantinus (Rafinesque, 1818) accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803) Species Atractosteus lucius Duméril, 1870 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268439 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820. 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=268439 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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