FIGURE 1 in Reassignment of a junior synonym of Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell 1864 to L. platostomus Rafinesque 1820

FIGURE 1. Syntypes of Cylindrosteus zadockii (Top: MNHN 5799, 62 cm TL; Bottom: MNHN 5800, 66 cm TL). The Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle appears never to have updated the labels for these specimens to show the recommended synonymy of Wiley (1976) and therefore currently shows our recommendation (and that of Jordan et al. 1930) to consider these syntypes as members of Lepisosteus platostomus. These antique tags are an example of how the slow progress of updating museum tags can sometimes work to the advantage of taxonomists.