WoRMS taxon details
Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
275402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275402)
accepted
Species
Cylindostreus productus Cope, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cylindrosteus agassiz Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted
Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864 · unaccepted
Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
Lepisosteus productus (Cope, 1865) · unaccepted
Winchell, A. (1864). Description of a gar-pike, supposed to be new--Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) oculatus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 183-185. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275402 on 2025-12-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Winchell, A. (1864). Description of a gar-pike, supposed to be new--Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) oculatus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 183-185. [details]
original description (of Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864) Winchell, A. (1864). Description of a gar-pike, supposed to be new--Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) oculatus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 183-185. [details]
original description (of Cylindostreus productus Cope, 1865) Cope, E. D. (1865). Partial catalogue of the cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 17: 78-88.
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864) Winchell, A. (1864). Description of a gar-pike, supposed to be new--Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) oculatus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 183-185. [details]
original description (of Cylindostreus productus Cope, 1865) Cope, E. D. (1865). Partial catalogue of the cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 17: 78-88.
page(s): 86 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spotted gar | [details] |
| French | lépisosté tacheté | [details] |
| Spanish | catán pinto | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus productus (Cope, 1865))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepisosteus oculatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus productus (Cope, 1865))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cylindrosteus agassiz Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cylindostreus productus Cope, 1865)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (94421 nucleotides; 41983 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus productus (Cope, 1865))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepisosteus oculatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus productus (Cope, 1865))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cylindrosteus agassiz Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cylindostreus productus Cope, 1865)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (94421 nucleotides; 41983 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
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