Young adult in a farm
Young adult of Atractosteus tropicus in a farm [Tabasco]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (02-May-2003). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Lepisosteidae

Genus
Atractosteus


Last updated on:
10-May-2013

Atractosteus tropicus Gill, 1863

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Original description as Atractosteus tropicus:

  • Gill, Theodore Nicholas. 1863. "Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America, presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15:162-174 (ffm00290)

Conservation: Atractosteus tropicus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.