Lepisosteus

Slender gars; Temporal range: Campanian to present
	Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ginglymodi
Order:	Lepisosteiformes
Family:	Lepisosteidae
Genus:	Lepisosteus; Lacepède, 1803
Species
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Synonyms
	Acus Catesby, 1771 non Adams & Adams, 1853 non Chen, Yang & Wilson, 1989 non De Bomare, 1791 non Gray, 1847 non Humphrey, 1797 non Müller, 1766 non Müller, 1774 non Plumier, 1803 non (Swainson, 1839); Lepidosteus Koenig, 1825 [Agassiz, 1836; Lacépède, 1803]; Pneumatosteus Cope, 1869; Clastichthys Whitley, 1940; Clastes Cope, 1873 non Walckenaer, 1833; Cylindrosteus (Rafinesque, 1820); Lepisosteus (Cylindrosteus) Rafinesque, 1820; Psalidostomus Minding, 1832; Sarchirus Rafinesque, 1818; Sarcochirus Agassiz, 1846; Squammosa Catesby, 1771;

Lepisosteus (from Greek lepis, 'scale' and osteos, 'bone')^[3] is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. It contains four extant species, found throughout eastern and central North America. It is one of two extant gar genera alongside Atractosteus.^[4]

^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Lepisosteidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ "Lepisosteidae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton Warren (1896). The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Fish-like Vertebrates Found in the Waters of North America, North of the Isthmus of Panama. U.S. Government Printing Office.
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[1] Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Lepisosteidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[2] "Lepisosteidae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[3] Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton Warren (1896). The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Fish-like Vertebrates Found in the Waters of North America, North of the Isthmus of Panama. U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Slender gars Temporal range: Campanian to present

Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ginglymodi
Order:	Lepisosteiformes
Family:	Lepisosteidae
Genus:	Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803
Species
See text
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Acus Catesby, 1771 non Adams & Adams, 1853 non Chen, Yang & Wilson, 1989 non De Bomare, 1791 non Gray, 1847 non Humphrey, 1797 non Müller, 1766 non Müller, 1774 non Plumier, 1803 non (Swainson, 1839) Lepidosteus Koenig, 1825 [Agassiz, 1836; Lacépède, 1803] Pneumatosteus Cope, 1869 Clastichthys Whitley, 1940 Clastes Cope, 1873 non Walckenaer, 1833 Cylindrosteus (Rafinesque, 1820) Lepisosteus (Cylindrosteus) Rafinesque, 1820 Psalidostomus Minding, 1832 Sarchirus Rafinesque, 1818 Sarcochirus Agassiz, 1846 Squammosa Catesby, 1771