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Shortnose Gar - Lepisosteus platostomus
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HUC CodeWatershed NameOccurrenceSource
03180004Lower PearlCurrentNatureServe
03180005Bogue ChittoCurrentNatureServe
04060200Lake MichiganHistoricNatureServe
05030101Upper OhioHistoricNatureServe
05060001Upper SciotoCurrentNatureServe
05060002Lower SciotoCurrentNatureServe
05060003PaintCurrentNatureServe
05070102Lower GuyandotteCurrentNatureServe
05070204Big SandyCurrentNatureServe
05090101Raccoon-SymmesCurrentNatureServe
05090102TwelvepoleCurrentNatureServe
05090103Little Scioto-TygartsCurrentNatureServe
05090201Ohio Brush-WhiteoakCurrentNatureServe
05090203Midle Ohio-LaugheryCurrentNatureServe
05110003Middle GreenCurrentNatureServe
05110004RoughCurrentNatureServe
05110005Lower GreenCurrentNatureServe
05110006PondCurrentNatureServe
05120106TippecanoeCurrentNatureServe
05120109VermilionCurrentNatureServe
05120111Middle Wabash-BusseronCurrentNatureServe
05120112EmbarrasCurrentNatureServe
05120113Lower WabashCurrentNatureServe
05120114Little WabashHistoricNatureServe
05120201Upper WhiteCurrentNatureServe
05130205Lower CumberlandCurrentNatureServe
05130206RedCurrentNatureServe
05140101Silver-Little KentuckyCurrentNatureServe
05140104Blue-SinkingCurrentNatureServe
05140201Lower Ohio-Little PigeonCurrentNatureServe
05140202Highland-PigeonCurrentNatureServe
05140203Lower Ohio-BayCurrentNatureServe
05140204SalineCurrentNatureServe
05140205TradewaterCurrentNatureServe
05140206Lower OhioCurrentNatureServe
06030001Guntersville LakeHistoricNatureServe
06030002Wheeler LakeHistoricNatureServe
06030004Lower ElkHistoricNatureServe
06030005Pickwick LakeCurrentNatureServe
06040001Lower Tennessee-BeechCurrentNatureServe
06040003Lower DuckCurrentNatureServe
06040005Kentucky LakeCurrentNatureServe
06040006Lower TennesseeCurrentNatureServe
07030005Lower St. CroixCurrentNatureServe
07040001Rush-VermillionCurrentNatureServe
07040002CannonCurrentNatureServe
07040003Buffalo-WhitewaterCurrentNatureServe
07040005TrempealeauCurrentNatureServe
07040006La Crosse-PineCurrentNatureServe
07040007BlackCurrentNatureServe
07050005Lower ChippewaCurrentNatureServe
07050007Red CedarCurrentNatureServe
07060001Coon-YellowCurrentNatureServe
07060003Grant-Little MaquoketaCurrentNatureServe
07060005Apple-PlumCurrentNatureServe
07060006MaquoketaHistoricNatureServe
07070005Lower WisconsinCurrentNatureServe
07070006KickapooCurrentNatureServe
07080101Copperas-DuckHistoricNatureServe
07080104Flint-HendersonCurrentNatureServe
07080105South SkunkCurrentNatureServe
07080206Lower CedarCurrentNatureServe
07080209Lower IowaCurrentNatureServe
07090001Upper RockHistoricNatureServe
07090005Lower RockCurrentNatureServe
07100009Lower Des MoinesHistoricNatureServe
07110001Bear-WyacondaCurrentNatureServe
07110002North FabiusCurrentNatureServe
07110003South FabiusCurrentNatureServe
07110004The SnyCurrentNatureServe
07110005North Fork SaltCurrentNatureServe
07110006South Fork SaltCurrentNatureServe
07110007SaltCurrentNatureServe
07110008CuivreCurrentNatureServe
07110009Peruque-PiasaCurrentNatureServe
07120001KankakeeCurrentNatureServe
07120005Upper IllinoisCurrentNatureServe
07120006Upper FoxHistoricNatureServe
07130001Lower Illinois-Senachwine LakeCurrentNatureServe
07130003Lower Illinois-Lake ChautauquaCurrentNatureServe
07130004MackinawCurrentNatureServe
07130005SpoonHistoricNatureServe
07130006Upper SangamonHistoricNatureServe
07130008Lower SangamonHistoricNatureServe
07130009SaltCurrentNatureServe
07130011Lower IllinoisCurrentNatureServe
07140101Cahokia-JoachimCurrentNatureServe
07140102MeramecCurrentNatureServe
07140105Upper Mississippi-Cape GirardeauCurrentNatureServe
07140106Big MuddyCurrentNatureServe
07140107WhitewaterCurrentNatureServe
07140108CacheCurrentNatureServe
07140202Middle KaskaskiaHistoricNatureServe
07140203ShoalCurrentNatureServe
07140204Lower KaskaskiaCurrentNatureServe
08010100Lower Mississippi-MemphisCurrentNatureServe
08010201Bayou De Chien-MayfieldCurrentNatureServe
08010202ObionCurrentNatureServe
08010208Lower HatchieCurrentNatureServe
08010211Horn Lake-NonconnahHistoricNatureServe
08020100Lower Mississippi-HelenaCurrentNatureServe
08020201New Madrid-St. JohnsCurrentNatureServe
08020202Upper St. FrancisCurrentNatureServe
08020203Lower St. FrancisCurrentNatureServe
08020204Little River DitchesCurrentNatureServe
08020205LAnguilleCurrentNatureServe
08020301Lower White-Bayou Des ArcHistoricNatureServe
08020302CacheCurrentNatureServe
08020303Lower WhiteCurrentNatureServe
08020401Lower ArkansasCurrentNatureServe
08030100Lower Mississippi-GreenvilleCurrentNatureServe
08030203YoconaHistoricNatureServe
08030205YalobushaCurrentNatureServe
08030206Upper YazooCurrentNatureServe
08030207Big SunflowerCurrentNatureServe
08030208Lower YazooHistoricNatureServe
08030209Deer-SteeleCurrentNatureServe
08040202Lower Ouachita-Bayou De LoutreCurrentNatureServe
08040204Lower SalineCurrentNatureServe
08040205Bayou BartholomewCurrentNatureServe
08040206Bayou DArbonneCurrentNatureServe
08040207Lower OuachitaCurrentNatureServe
08040301Lower RedCurrentNatureServe
08040302CastorCurrentNatureServe
08040303DugdemonaCurrentNatureServe
08040304LittleCurrentNatureServe
08040305BlackCurrentNatureServe
08040306Bayou CocodrieCurrentNatureServe
08050001BoeufCurrentNatureServe
08050002Bayou MaconCurrentNatureServe
08050003TensasCurrentNatureServe
08060100Lower Mississippi-NatchezCurrentNatureServe
08060202Lower Big BlackCurrentNatureServe
08060203Bayou PierreCurrentNatureServe
08060205HomochittoCurrentNatureServe
08070100Lower Mississippi-Baton RougeCurrentNatureServe
08070201Bayou Sara-ThompsonCurrentNatureServe
08070202AmiteCurrentNatureServe
08070203TickpawCurrentNatureServe
08070204Lake MaurepasCurrentNatureServe
08070205TangipahoaCurrentNatureServe
08070300Lower GrandCurrentNatureServe
08080101AtchafalayaCurrentNatureServe
08080102Bayou TecheCurrentNatureServe
08080103VermillionCurrentNatureServe
08080201Mermentau HeadwatersCurrentNatureServe
08080202MermentauCurrentNatureServe
08080203Upper CalcasieuCurrentNatureServe
08080204Whiskey ChittoCurrentNatureServe
08080205West Fork CalcasieuCurrentNatureServe
08080206Lower CalcasieuCurrentNatureServe
08090100Lower Mississippi-New OrleansCurrentNatureServe
08090201Liberty Bayou-TchefunctaCurrentNatureServe
08090203Eastern Louisiana CoastalCurrentNatureServe
08090301East Central Louisiana CoastalCurrentNatureServe
08090302West Central Louisiana CoastalCurrentNatureServe
10040104Fort Peck ReservoirCurrentNatureServe
10050012Lower MilkCurrentNatureServe
10060001Prairie Elk-WolfCurrentNatureServe
10130204Upper CannonballCurrentNatureServe
10160011Lower JamesCurrentNatureServe
10170101Lewis and Clark LakeCurrentNatureServe
10170203Lower Big SoiuxCurrentNatureServe
10200103Middle Platte-PrairieCurrentNatureServe
10200202Lower PlatteCurrentNatureServe
10200203SaltCurrentNatureServe
10230001Blackbird-SoldierCurrentNatureServe
10230003Little SiouxCurrentNatureServe
10230004Monona-Harrison DitchHistoricNatureServe
10230006Big Papillion-MosquitoCurrentNatureServe
10240001Keg-Weeping WaterHistoricNatureServe
10240002West NishnabotnaHistoricNatureServe
10240005Tarkio-WolfCurrentNatureServe
10240009West NowawayHistoricNatureServe
10240011Independence-SugarCurrentNatureServe
10240012PlatteHistoricNatureServe
10250017Lower RepublicanCurrentNatureServe
10260008Lower Smoky HillCurrentNatureServe
10270101Upper KansasCurrentNatureServe
10270102Middle KansasCurrentNatureServe
10270103DelawareCurrentNatureServe
10270104Lower Kansas, KansasCurrentNatureServe
10280101Upper GrandCurrentNatureServe
10280102ThompsonCurrentNatureServe
10280103Lower GrandCurrentNatureServe
10280201Upper CharitonCurrentNatureServe
10280202Lower CharitonHistoricNatureServe
10280203Little CharitonHistoricNatureServe
10290101Upper Marais Des CygnesCurrentNatureServe
10290102Lower Marais Des CygnesCurrentNatureServe
10290105Harry S. MissouriCurrentNatureServe
10290111Lower OsageCurrentNatureServe
10290203Lower GasconadeCurrentNatureServe
10300101Lower Missouri-CrookedCurrentNatureServe
10300102Lower Missouri-MoreauCurrentNatureServe
10300103LamineCurrentNatureServe
10300200Lower MissouriCurrentNatureServe
11010007Upper BlackCurrentNatureServe
11010008CurrentHistoricNatureServe
11010009Lower BlackCurrentNatureServe
11010012StrawberryCurrentNatureServe
11010014Little RedHistoricNatureServe
11030013Middle Arkansas-SlateCurrentNatureServe
11060001Kaw LakeCurrentNatureServe
11070103Middle VerdigrisCurrentNatureServe
11070105Lower VerdigrisCurrentNatureServe
11070107BirdCurrentNatureServe
11070203Lower CottonwoodCurrentNatureServe
11070204Upper NeoshoCurrentNatureServe
11070205Middle NeoshoCurrentNatureServe
11070206Lake O CherokeesCurrentNatureServe
11070207SpringCurrentNatureServe
11070209Lower NeoshoCurrentNatureServe
11110102Dirty-GreenleafCurrentNatureServe
11110104Robert S. Kerr ReservoirCurrentNatureServe
11110201Frog-MulberryCurrentNatureServe
11110202Dardanelle ReservoirCurrentNatureServe
11110203Lake Conway-Point RemoveCurrentNatureServe
11110204Petit JeanCurrentNatureServe
11110207Lower Arkansas-MaumelleCurrentNatureServe
11120303Lower North Fork RedCurrentNatureServe
11130102Blue-ChinaCurrentNatureServe
11130201Farmers-MudCurrentNatureServe
11130210Lake TexomaCurrentNatureServe
11130303Middle WashitaCurrentNatureServe
11130304Lower WashitaCurrentNatureServe
11140101Bois D Arc-IslandCurrentNatureServe
11140106Pecan-WaterholeCurrentNatureServe
11140107Upper LittleCurrentNatureServe
11140109Lower Little ArkansasCurrentNatureServe
11140201McKinney-Posten BayousCurrentNatureServe
11140202Middle Red-CoushattaCurrentNatureServe
11140203Loggy BayouCurrentNatureServe
11140204Red ChuteCurrentNatureServe
11140205Bodcau BayouCurrentNatureServe
11140206Bayou PierreCurrentNatureServe
11140207Lower Red-Lake LattCurrentNatureServe
11140208Saline BayouCurrentNatureServe
11140209Black Lake BayouCurrentNatureServe
11140302Lower SulferCurrentNatureServe
11140304Cross BayouCurrentNatureServe
12010004Toledo Bend ReservoirCurrentNatureServe
12010005Lower SabineCurrentNatureServe
12040201Sabine LakeCurrentNatureServe
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FishMap.org. 2025. Shortnose Gar - Lepisosteus platostomus. Available online at http://fishmap.org/species/Shortnose-Gar.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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