Atractosteus
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Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species.
Species
[change | change source]Extant
[change | change source]- Atractosteus spatula (Alligator gar) Lacépède, 1803
- Atractosteus tristoechus (Cuban gar) J. G. Scheider, 1801
- Atractosteus tropicus (Tropical gar) T. N. Gill, 1863
Extinct
[change | change source]- Atractosteus africanus Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943
- Atractosteus grandei Brownstein & Lyson, 2022
Related pages
[change | change source]- Atractosteus africanus
- Abadzekhia
- Chibapsetta
- Tubemouth
- Lepisosteus
- Wallace's flying frog
- List of prehistoric bony fish genera
References
[change | change source]- Cavin, Lionel; Martin, Michel; Valentin, Xavier (1996). "Occurrence of Atractosteus africanus (actinopterygii, lepisosteidae) in the early Campanien of Ventabren (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). Paleobiogeographical implications". Revue de Paléobiologie. 15 (1): 1–7.