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Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803) 
AphiaID: 279822

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lepisosteiformes (Order) > Lepisosteidae (Family) > Atractosteus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820
Synonymised
taxa
  Atractosteus adamantinus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Atractosteus lucius Duméril, 1870
Esox cepedianus Shaw, 1804
Lepisosteus berlandieri Girard, 1858
Lepisosteus ferox Rafinesque, 1820
Lepisosteus spatula Lacepède, 1803
Litholepis adamantinus Rafinesque, 1818
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 (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (108 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279822
Taxonomic
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Atractosteus spatula (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=279822 on 2013-05-23
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