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Alligator Gar
Atractosteus spatula (Lacépède, 1803)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Lepisosteiformes - gars » family Lepisosteidae - gars » genus Atractosteus

Scientific synonyms

Atractosteus adamantinus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Atractosteus lucius Duméril, 1870
Esox cepedianus Shaw, 1804
Lepisosteus berlandieri Girard, 1858
Lepisosteus ferox Rafinesque, 1820
Lepisosteus spatula Lacépède, 1803
Litholepis adamantinus Rafinesque, 1818

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Links and literature

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/2625]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010

FishBase [1073]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

Wikipedia Articles [Alligator_gar]

Wikipedia Articles [https://en.wikipedia.org]

Hanel L., Novák J. (2001): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 2. Nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) /mnohoploutví (Polypteriformes) – bezostní (Clupeiformes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 64 pp. [as Atractosteus spatula (Lacépède, 1803)]
Data retrieved on: 5 June 2013

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