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Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque, 1820

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 8]. <em>Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY.</em> v. 3 (no. 3): 165-173.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Lepisosteiformes
family
Lepisosteidae
genus
Lepisosteus
species
Lepisosteus platostomus

Name

Synonyms
Cylindrosteus rafinesquii Duméril, 1870
Cylindrosteus scabiceps Fowler, 1911
Cylindrosteus scabriceps Fowler, 1911
Lepisosteus albus Rafinesque, 1820
Homonyms
Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque, 1820
Common names
Broadnose Gar in English
Catán de hocico corto in Spanish
Gar-de-bico-curto in Portuguese
Kortnæset pansergedde in Danish
Kurzkopf-Alligatorfisch in German
Kurzschnauzen-Knochenhecht in German
Kurzschnäuziger Knochenhecht in German
Niszczuka krótkonosa in Polish
Pejelagarto in Spanish
Pikkuluuhauki in Finnish
Shortbilled Gar in English
Stubnose Gar in English
kostlín krátkotlamý in Czech
shortnose gar in English
shortnose gar in English
Тупорылый панцирник in Russian
ショートノーズガー in Japanese
Shortnose Gar in English
”ショートノーズガー” in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  6. Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 8]. <em>Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY.</em> v. 3 (no. 3): 165-173.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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