Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus in Canada
Table of contents
- COSEWIC Assessment Summary
- COSEWIC Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted
- Literature Cited
- Biographical Summary of Report Writers
- Collections Examined
Threatened 2005
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2005. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 17 pp.
Previous report(s):
COSEWIC 2000. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 13 pp.
Campbell, R.R. 1994. Update COSEWIC status report on the spotted gar Lepisosteus occulatus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-13 pp.
Parker, P. and P. McKee. 1983. COSEWIC status report on the spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-15 pp.
Production note:
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Nicholas E. Mandrak and Becky Cudmore for writing the update status report on the spotted garLepisosteus oculatus. This report wasprepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Bob Campbell, the COSEWIC Freshwater Fish Species Specialist Subcommittee Co-chair.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215
Fax: (819) 994-3684
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le lépisosté tacheté (Lepisosteus oculatus) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
Spotted gar -- Illustration by Joe Tomelleri. Used with permission of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
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