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TABS Species Account TN00198

TN00198 LONGNOSE GAR LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

References

1187* Pflieger, W.L. 1975. The fishes of Missouri. Mo. Dept. 
Conserv.,:173.

1229* Jones, P. W., Martin, F. D., Hardy, Jr. J. D. 1978. 
Development of fishes of the mid-Atlantic Bight. Vol. 1. U. S. 
Fish and Wildl. Serv., Washington, D. C:366.

1244* Holloway, A.D. 1954. Notes on the life history and 
management of the shortnose and longnose gars in Florida waters. 
J. Wildl. Manage. 18.:438-449.

1247* Neill, W. H., Magnuson, J. J. 1974. Distributional ecology 
and behavioral thermoregulation in fishes in relation to heated 
effluent from a power plant at Lake Minona, Wis. Trans. Am. 
Fish. Soc. 103.:663-710.

1248* Suttkus, R.D. 1963. Order Lepisostei. Fishes of western 
North Atlantic, Part 3. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res. 1.:61-68.

1249* Echelle, A.A., Riggs, C.D. 1972. Aspects of the early life 
history of gars (Lepisosteus) in Lake Texoma. Trans. Am. Fish. 
Soc. 101.:106-112.

1250* Pearson, W.D., Thomas, G.A., Clark, A.L. 1979. Early 
piscivory and timing of the critical period in postlarval 
longnose gar at mile 571 of the Ohio River. Trans. Ken. Acad. 
Sci. 4.:122-128.

1251* Echelle, A.A. 1968. Food habits of young-of-year longnose 
gar in Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. Southwest. Nat. 13.:45-50.

1252* Netsch, N.F., Witt, A.W., Jr. 1962. Contributions to the 
life history of the longnose gar, (Lepisosteus osseus) in 
Missouri. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 91.:251-262.

1253* Goodyear, C.P. 1967. Feeding habits of three speices of 
gars, Lepisosteus, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Trans. Am. 
Fish. Soc. 96.:296-300.

1254* Agassiz, A. 1878. The development of Lepidosteus. Part 1. 
Proc. Am. Acad. Arts. Sci. 14.:65-76.

1255* Hildebrand, S.F., Schroeder, W.C. 1927. General index to 
fishes of the Chesapeake Bay. Bull. Bur. Fish. 43.:77-78.

1256* Renfro, J.L., Hill, L.G. 1970. Factors influencing the 
aerial breathing and metabolism of gars (Lepisosteus). 
Southwest. Nat. 15.:45-54.

1258* Potter, G.E. 1927. Respiratory function of the swim 
bladder in Lepidosteus. J. Exp. Zool. 49.:45-67.

1260* Schwartz, F. J. 1962. The beaked fishes of Maryland. Md. 
Conserv. 39.:21-25.

1261* Riggs, C.D., Moore, G.A. 1959. Growth of young gar 
(Lepisosteus) in aquaria. Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 40.:44-46.

1262* Price, R.L., Buttner, J.K. 1979. First reported occurrence 
of Argulus mississippiensis (Crustacea: Branchiura) from 
Illinois. Trans. Ill. Acad. Sci. 72.:8.

1270* Robbins, C.R., Bailey, R.M., Bond, C.E., Booker, J.R., 
Lachner, E.A., Lea, R.N., Scott, W.B. 1980. A list of common and 
scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. 
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1310* Smith, P. W. 1979. The fishes of Illinois. Univ. Ill. 
Press, Urbana.

2406* Wiley, E.O. 1979. Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus, 
Linnaeus. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. N.C. State 
Mus. of Nat. Hist., Raleigh:49.

2980* Cross, F.B. 1967. Handbook of fishes in Kansas. Misc. 
Publ. No. 45. Museum Natural History, Univ. Kansas, 
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4205* Jenkins, R.E. 1984. Fishes of Virginia (tentative)..

5473* Pflieger, W.L.. The stream resource of Missouri. Unpb., MO 
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TN5057* Etnier, D.A. unpublished. Fishes of Tennessee. 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

TN5071* Pflieger, W.L., 1975. The fishes of Missouri. Missiour 
Dept. of Conserv., Jefferson City, MO. 343p.

TN5072* Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.A. 
McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. (editors). 1980 et seq. Atlas 
of North American Freshwater Fishes. N.C. State Museum of 
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TN5176* Becker, G.C. 1983. Fishes of Wisconsin. The University 
of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WS 1052p.

TN5182* Hoffman, G.L. 1967. Parasites of North American 
freshwater fishes. Univ. of California Press, Los Angeles. 486p.

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