WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Esox viridis Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1389 [details]
original description
(of Lepisosteus gavial Lacepède, 1803) 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
page(s): 331, 333 [details]
original description
(of Lepidosteus crassus Cope, 1865) Cope, E. D. (1865). Partial catalogue of the cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 17: 78-88.
page(s): 86 [details]
original description
(of Esox osseus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  [request]
original description
(of Lepidosteus otarius Cope, 1865) Cope, E. D. (1865). Partial catalogue of the cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 17: 78-88.
page(s): 86, 87 [details]
original description
(of Sarchirus vittatus 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.
page(s): 419, Pl. 17 (fig. 2) [details]
original description
(of Lepidosteus rostratus Cuvier, 1836) Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. <em>J. Bentley, London.</em> Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).].
page(s): 238 [details]
basis of record
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source
Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on fishes and crustaceans [details]
Distribution North and Central America: along the coasts and inland from Quebec to northern Mexico [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found in sluggish pools, backwaters and brackish waters; migrate upriver to spawn; primary a freshwater species. [details]
Importance Social - Minor Commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators Finfishes [details]
Reproduction External fertilization; eggs and larvae are demersal and adhesive [details]
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sarchirus argenteus Rafinesque, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus gavial Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus huronensis Richardson, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications) (from synonym Esox osseus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus bison DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus crassus Cope, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus gavialis Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus treculii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus smithi Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus oxyurus Rafinesque, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Esox viridis Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (249 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Sarchirus vittatus Rafinesque, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus rostratus Cuvier, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus elisabeth Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus ayresii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus stenorhynchus Rafinesque, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus smithii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus piquotianus Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus milberti Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus clintonii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Macrognathus loricatus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lepisosteus lineatus Thompson, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus copei Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus harlani Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus lamarii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus leptorhynchus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus otarius Cope, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus lesueurii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus troostii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus louisianensis Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus horatii Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lepidosteus thompsoni Duméril, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepisosteus osseus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Esox osseus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Esox viridis Gmelin, 1789)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus gavial Lacepède, 1803)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus huronensis Richardson, 1836)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus lineatus Thompson, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque, 1820)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus stenorhynchus Rafinesque, 1818)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus oxyurus Rafinesque, 1820)
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus loricatus Gronow, 1854)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus treculii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus ayresii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus bison DeKay, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus horatii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus harlani Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus leptorhynchus Girard, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus lamarii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus copei Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus clintonii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus elisabeth Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus crassus Cope, 1865)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus louisianensis Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus lesueurii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus otarius Cope, 1865)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus milberti Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus troostii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus smithii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus thompsonii Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus piquotianus Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus rostratus Cuvier, 1836)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus thompsoni Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus treculi Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus smithi Duméril, 1870)
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarchirus vittatus Rafinesque, 1818)
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarchirus argenteus Rafinesque, 1820)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepisosteus gavialis Lacepède, 1803)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lepidosteus mulberti Duméril, 1870)
To FishBase images (Lepisosteus osseus, USA, by Crippen, C.)
To GenBank (21325 nucleotides; 200 proteins)
To GenBank (21325 nucleotides; 200 proteins) (from synonym Esox osseus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Lepisosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836 ex Agassiz; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2526762) (from synonym Lepisosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lepisosteus osseus RAD103871-001)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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