Atractosteus
| Atractosteus | |
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| Atractosteus strausi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
| Family: | Lepisosteidae |
| Genus: | Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Species | |
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Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species.
Species
- Atractosteus spatula Lacépède, 1803 (Alligator gar)
- Atractosteus tristoechus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Cuban gar)
- Atractosteus tropicus T. N. Gill, 1863 (Tropical gar)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Atractosteus in FishBase. June 2011 version.