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References

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• Bone, Q., N. Marshall, J. Blaxter. 1999. Biology of Fishes. Cheltenham, UK: Stanley Thornes Ltd..
• Cross, F., J. Collins. 1995. Fishes in Kansas. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.
• Echelle, A., C. Riggs. 1972. Aspects of the early life history of gars *Lepisosteus* in Lake Texoma. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 101(1): 106-112.
• Eddy, S., J. Underhill. 1974. Northern Fishes. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905
• Etnier, D.A. and W.C. Starnes0 The fishes of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. (pls. check date).
• Hugg, D.O. 1996 MAPFISH georeferenced mapping database. Freshwater and estuarine fishes of North America. Life Science Software. Dennis O. and Steven Hugg, 1278 Turkey Point Road, Edgewater, Maryland, USA. (Ref. 12193)
• IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637)
• IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
• International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699)
• Iowa Dept of Natural Resources, 1987. "The Gar Family" (On-line). Accessed 03/02/2006 at http://www.iowadnr.com/fish/iafish/garfamil.html.
• Moyle, P., J. Cech. 1988. Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology. Engelwood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams0 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland.
• Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386
• Nigrelli, R.F. 1959 Longevity of fishes in captivity, with special reference to those kept in the New York Aquarium. p. 212-230. In G.E.W. Wolstehnolmen and M. O'Connor (eds.) Ciba Foundation Colloquium on Ageing: the life span of animals. Vol. 5., Churchill, London. (Ref. 273)
• Nigrelli, R.F.0 Longevity of fishes in captivity, with special reference to those kept in the New York Aquarium. p. 212-230. In G.E.W. Wolstehnolmen and M. O'Connor (eds.) Ciba Foundation Colloquium on Ageing: the life span of animals. Vol. 5., Churchill, London.
• Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
• Pflieger, W. 1997. The fishes of Missouri. Jefferson City, MO: Missouri Department of Conservation.
• Priegel, G. 1963. Dispersal of the Shortnose Gar, *Lepisosteus platostomus*, into the Great Lakes Drainage. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 92 (2): 178.
• Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183
• Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman0 Freshwater fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 184:1-966.
• Volkoun, J. 2002. Shortnose gar (*Lepisoteus platostomus*) foraging on periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.): territorial defense of profitable pool positions. American Midland Naturalist, 143: 261-265.
• Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.