Family Lepisosteidae Agassiz 1832 (Fig. 2E). Gars; Gaspares, Pejelagartos

Description: Body elongate, cylindrical; up to 300 cm in length; nostrils at front of snout; snout long and conical, with large fangs in both jaws; scales ganoid, about 50–65 along the lateral line; dorsal fin far posterior, with few rays; abbreviated heterocercal tail (Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Freshwater, occasionally brackish, very rarely in marine water; eastern North America, Central America (south to Costa Rica) and Cuba (Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and one species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.