Lepisosteus

Lepisosteus platyrhincus

Navigazione

Navigazione: Neopterygii
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii

Infraclassis: Holostei
Division: Ginglymodi
Ordo: Lepisosteiformes
Subordo: Lepisosteoidei
Superfamilia: Lepisosteoidea
Familia: Lepisosteidae
Genus: Lepisosteus
Species: L. oculatus - L. osseus - L. platostomus - L. platyrhincus

Nome

Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803

• Specie tipo: Lepisosteus gavial Lacepède, 1803

Etymology: from lepid (= scale); osteus (= bony), referring to heavy bone-like scales. (From The ETYFish project)

Sinonimi

• Cylindrosteus (subgenus of Lepisosteus) Rafinesque, 1820
• Lepisosteus (Cylindrosteus) Rafinesque, 1820
• Litholepis Rafinesque, 1818
• Psalidostomus Minding, 1832
• Sarchirus Rafinesque, 1818

Riferimenti

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1803. Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 5: i–lxviii + 1–803 + index, Pls. 1–21. BHL Reference page. 

Collegamenti

• Lepisosteus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Lepisosteus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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