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Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864 
AphiaID: 275402

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lepisosteiformes (Order) > Lepisosteidae (Family) > Lepisosteus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803
Synonymised
taxa
  Cylindrosteus agassiz Duméril, 1870 (misspelling)
Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril, 1870
Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858
Lepisosteus productus Cope, 1865
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (46387 nucleotides; 140 proteins)
To ITIS
Image 
Lepisosteus oculatus (Spotted Gar)
Lepisosteus oculatus (Spotted Gar)
added on 2011-07-13 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nicholas Mandrak ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275402
Taxonomic
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864. 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=275402 on 2013-05-18
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