Atractosteus

Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three species.

Large gars Temporal range: ~Santonian–Present, 86.3–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Alligator gar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lepisosteiformes
Family:	Lepisosteidae
Genus:	Atractosteus (Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species
Esox spatula Lacépède, 1803
Species
See text
Synonyms[2][3]
Lepisosteus (Atractosteus) Rafinesque 1820 Litholepis Rafinesque 1818

Species

Extant

• Atractosteus spatula (Alligator gar) Lacépède, 1803
• Atractosteus tristoechus (Cuban gar) J. G. Scheider, 1801
• Atractosteus tropicus (Tropical gar) T. N. Gill, 1863

Extinct

• Atractosteus africanus Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943
• Atractosteus grandei Brownstein & Lyson, 2022

Related pages

• Atractosteus africanus
• Abadzekhia
• Chibapsetta
• Tubemouth
• Lepisosteus
• Wallace's flying frog
• List of prehistoric bony fish genera