WoRMS taxon details
Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803
Cylindostreus · unaccepted
Cylindrosteus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Lepidosteus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Litholepis Rafinesque, 1818 · unaccepted
Sarchirus Rafinesque, 1818 · unaccepted
- Species Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
- Species Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus berlandieri Girard, 1858 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
- Species Lepisosteus ferox Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
- Species Lepisosteus gavial Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus gavialis Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Lepisosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus huronensis Richardson, 1836 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858 accepted as Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
- Species Lepisosteus lineatus Thompson, 1842 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus oxyurus Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus productus (Cope, 1865) accepted as Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
- Species Lepisosteus spatula Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
- Species Lepisosteus stenorhynchus Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus treculii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lepisosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym)
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157871 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629 [details]
original description (of Litholepis Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Further discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 3 (no. 6) (art. 6) (Oct.): 445-447. [details]
original description (of Sarchirus Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Description of three new genera of fluviatile fish, Pomoxis, Sarchirus and Exoglossum. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 417-422, Pl. 17. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Litholepis Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Further discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 3 (no. 6) (art. 6) (Oct.): 445-447. [details]
original description (of Sarchirus Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Description of three new genera of fluviatile fish, Pomoxis, Sarchirus and Exoglossum. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 417-422, Pl. 17. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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