Atractosteus | |
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Alligator gar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi |
Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
Family: | Lepisosteidae |
Tribe: | Lepisosteini |
Genus: | Atractosteus (Rafinesque, 1820) |
Type species | |
Esox spatula Lacépède, 1803
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Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three extant species. The genus first appeared during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.