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Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820

AphiaID

268439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268439)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lepisosteidae Agassiz, 1832

Synonymised names

Atractoseus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Atractosteus adamantinus (Rafinesque, 1818) accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Atractosteus lucius Duméril, 1870 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268439 on 2026-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2008-02-18 18:07:20Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-03-08 15:41:42Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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