spotted gar
Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
- Name authority
- Winchell, 1864
- Common name
- spotted gar
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Holostei
- Order
- Lepisosteiformes
- Family
- Lepisosteidae
- Genus
- Lepisosteus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classHolostei
- orderLepisosteiformes
- familyLepisosteidae Agassiz, 1832
- genusLepisosteus Lacepède, 1803
- speciesLepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lepisosteus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| longnose garLepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | LepisosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque, 1820 | LepisosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepisosteus platyrhincus DeKay, 1842 | LepisosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cylindostreus productus Cope, 1865 Cope, 1865 | synonym |
| Cylindrosteus agassiz Duméril, 1870 Duméril, 1870 | synonym |
| Lepisosteus latirostris Girard, 1858 Girard, 1858 | synonym |
| Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril, 1870 Duméril, 1870 | synonym |
| Lepidosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864 Winchell, 1864 | synonym |
| Lepisosteus productus (Cope, 1865) (Cope, 1865) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Winchell, A. (1864). Description of a gar-pike, supposed to be new--Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) oculatus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 16 (no. 4): 183–185. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6PCRM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.