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Animalia Rank: Species Synonym(s):Lepisosteus spatula Lacepède, 1803 Vernacular name(s): alligator gar [English] catán [Spanish] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Chordata-- chordates Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians Order Semionotiformes-- gars Family Lepisosteidae-- gar pikes, garfishes Genus Atractosteus-- broadhead gars Species Atractosteus spatula-- alligator gar |
References Expert(s):Wayne C. Starnes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003 website (version 13-Mar-03); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0) References: Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Comments: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998 Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5. 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. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. ix + 386. ISBN: 1-888569-61-1. Comments: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams |
Geographic Information Geographic Information:North America Jurisdiction:Continental US, Native |
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