family Lepisosteidae

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Related to family Lepisosteidae: Spotted gar, Longnose gar

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family Lepisosteidae - comprises the genus Lepisosteus

Lepisosteidae

fish family - any of various families of fish

Ganoidei, order Ganoidei - a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales

genus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus - type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars

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However, studies of gar, family Lepisosteidae, are lacking in the literature, particularly work on alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) that are considered threatened or extirpated in most areas in which they inhabit.

Juvenile alligator gar movement patterns in a disconnected floodplain habitat in Southeast Missouri

Gars, family Lepisosteidae, historically have been regarded as nuisance species (Scarnecchia 1992) and have been little studied even though recreational and commercial fisheries exist for several species (Scarnecchia 1992; Garcia de Leon et al.

Variation in spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) mass-length relationships in Texas reservoirs

Family Lepisosteidae (gars).--The longnosed gar (Lepisosteus osseus) has not been reported from Marion County since the 1870s (Whitaker et al.

Urban ichthyology: changes in the fish community along an urban-rural creek in Indiana