Lepisosteus oculatus | Freshwater Fishes of Mexico

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Original description as Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) oculatus:

Winchell, Alexander. 1864. "Description of a gar-pike, supposed to be new - Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) oculatus". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 16(4):183-185 (ffm00294)

Synonyms (1):

Lepisosteus (Cylindrosteus) latirostris Girard, 1858, with type locality at Pecos River, New Mexico/Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Wiley, 1976
Cylindostreus productus Cope, 1865, with type locality at Near San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Wiley, 1976
Cylindostreus zadockii Duméril, 1870, with type locality at Upper Mississippi River, U.S.A. Determiner: Wiley, 1976
Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril, 1870, with type locality at St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Determiner: Wiley, 1976
Cylindrosteus bartonii Duméril, 1870, with type locality at New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Determiner: Wiley, 1976

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