Species that contain: Atractosteus and tropicus [ 2 ] records

bocourti, Atractosteus Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:367, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Perhaps available, name not originally treated as valid (Art. 11.5 of the Code). A. boucourti used on Pl. 22, but on p. 11 of Table of plates and text page 367 it is treated as synonym of Atractosteus tropicus ("sous le nom de Atract. Borcourti"). MNHN has a holotype as MNHN 5670. Lepisosteidae.

tropicus, Atractosteus Gill [T. N.] 1863:172 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] Costa Rica, western coast of Central America. Holotype (unique): USNM 6806. Type catalog: Smith 2018:67 [ref. 36061]. •Valid as Atractosteus tropicus Gill 1863 -- (Wiley 1976:67 [ref. 7091], Villa 1982:73 [ref. 36708], Bussing 1987:61 [ref. 22927], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:8 [ref. 22290], Bussing 1998:57 [ref. 24179], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:29:[ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:58 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:83 [ref. 28615], Grande 2010:436 [ref. 31167], McMahan et al. 2013:443 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:58 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:989 [ref. 33194], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36544], Angulo et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:49 [ref. 40505], Quintana 2024:5 [ref. 41186]). Current status: Valid as Atractosteus tropicus Gill 1863. Lepisosteidae. Distribution: Southern Mexico and Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.