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Order Lepisosteiformes
Family Lepisosteidae
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Genus Atractosteus (Rafinesque 1820) |
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Extinct Species (images coming soon)** Genus Lepisosteus L. opertus (Estes 1964) L. indicus (Woodward 1908) L. fimbriatus (Wood 1846) L. bemisi
Genus Atractosteus A. strausi (Kinkelin 1884) A. simplex (Leidy 1873) A. africanus (Arambourg & Joleaud 1943) A. occidentalis (Leidy 1856) A. atrox (Leidy 1873) A. messelensis A. falipoui (Cavin & Brito 2001)
Genus Cuneatus C. cuneatus (Cope 1878) C. wileyi
Genus Masillosteus M. kelleri (Micklich & Klappert 2001) M. janeae
Genus Obaichthys O. decoratus (Wenz & Brito 1992) O. africanus
Genus Dentilepisosteus D. laevis (Wenz & Brito 1992) D. kemkemensis
** newly added species coded in bold dark blue
Hybrid Forms (currently known, images coming soon) Atractosteus spatula x Lepisosteus osseus Atractosteus spatula x Lepisosteus platostomus Atractosteus spatula x Lepisosteus oculatus
Lepisosteus osseus x Lepisosteus platostomus (see image below)
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Genus Lepisosteus (Lacepède 1803) |
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