Lepisosteus

Slender gars; Temporal range: Campanian to present
	Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lepisosteiformes
Family:	Lepisosteidae
Genus:	Lepisosteus; Lacepède, 1803
Species
	See text
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 is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae only known across North America.

Species

The currently recognized species are:

Lepisosteusoculatus
Photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yankton, SD by Sam Stukel (USFWS)
Photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yankton, SD by Sam Stukel (USFWS)
This was caught in the lake behind my grandmother's house in Naples, Florida.
Fossil specimen of L. bemisi, an Eocene Lepisosteus from the Green River Formation
Alligator gar fish (white background)
Lepisosteus osseus
Shortnose gar (8741579406)

"Lepisosteidae" Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
"Class Osteichthyes," in Estes and Berberian, 1970, p.3

Taxon identifiers	Wikidata: Q133479 Wikispecies: Lepisosteus ADW: Lepisosteus

↑ Froese, R.. Lepisosteidae. FishBase version (02/2017) (2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
↑ Lepisosteidae. Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

Slender gars Temporal range: Campanian to present

Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
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