Lepisosteus
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Lepisosteus' | image = Longnose_gar.png | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Semionotiformes | familia = Lepisosteidae | genus = Lepisosteus | genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
Lepisosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae.
There are four species:
- Spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus.
- Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus.
- Shortnose gar, Lepisosteus platostomus.
- Florida gar, Lepisosteus platyrhynchus.
Three species formerly classified in Lepisosteus are now assigned to the genus Atractosteus.
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