Atractosteus - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Atractosteus is a genus of gar

Gar

In American English the name gar is strictly applied to members of the Lepisosteidae, a family including seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine, waters of eastern North America, Central America, and the Caribbean islands.-Etymology:In...

s in the family Lepisosteidae.

There are three species:

Atractosteus spatula (Lacépède, 1803) (Alligator gar)
Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch
Marcus Elieser Bloch
Marcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...

& J. G. Schneider
Johann Gottlob Schneider
Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...

, 1801) (Cuban gar)
Atractosteus tropicus Gill
Theodore Gill
Theodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...

, 1863 (Tropical gar)

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