Lepisosteus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Lepisosteiformes
- Family
- Lepisosteidae
- Genus
- Lepisosteus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Lepisosteus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lepisosteus
Lepisosteus (from Greek lepis (λεπίς), 'scale' and osteon (ὀστέον), 'bone') is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. It contains four extant species, found throughout eastern and central North America. It is one of two extant gar genera alongside Atractosteus.
...Lepisosteus in languages:
- English
- Slender Gars
- Japanese
- レピソステウス属
- Latvian
- Bruņulīdakas
- Russian
- панцирные щуки
- Russian
- длиннорылые панцирники
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