Lepisosteus

Lepisosteus
	Spotted pike ( Lepisosteus oculatus )
Systematics
Subclass :	Neuflosser (Neopterygii)
Subclass :	Bone organoids (holostei)
	Ginglymodes
Order :	Lepisosteiformes
Family :	Bake fish (Lepisosteidae)
Genre :	Lepisosteus
Scientific name
	Lepisosteus
	Lacépède , 1803

Lepisosteus is a genus of bake thatoccursin four species in North and Central America.

features

The Lepisosteus species differ from the species of the genus Atractosteus in that they only have a series of enlarged fangs along the outer jaw , while the palatine bone does not have any enlarged teeth. The gill traps are smaller and pear-shaped, with only 14 to 33 rays on the first gill arch. The physique is slimmer than Atractosteus and the snout is clearly elongated. On back , tail and anal fins , they have spots.

Systematics and evolution

Four recent known species of the genus:

Spotted Bake ( Lepisosteus oculatus )

Common fish ( Lepisosteus osseus )

Short- snouted fish ( Lepisosteus platostomus )

Florida fish ( Lepisosteus platyrhincus )

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae) . In: KE Carpenter (Ed.): FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication . tape 5 . FAO, Rome 2002, p. 676 ( full text [PDF]).
↑ Description of the genera at the US Environmental Protection Agency (English)

[Carpenter-1] A ^b The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae) . In: KE Carpenter (Ed.): FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication . tape 5 . FAO, Rome 2002, p. 676 ( full text [PDF]).

[2] Description of the genera at the US Environmental Protection Agency (English)