V. B. Salnikov (2010): First finding of gar Atractosteus sp. (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteiformes, Lepisosteidae) in the Caspian Sea near the coast of Turkmenistan. In: Russian Journal of Biological Invasions. Band 1, 2010, S. 17–20, doi:10.1134/S2075111710010042.
J. Wright, S. David, T. Near (2012): Gene trees, species trees, and morphology converge on a similar phylogeny of living gars (Actinopterygii: Holostei: Lepisosteidae), an ancient clade of ray-finned fishes. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63, 2012; S. 848–856 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.033 (englisch), abgerufen am 9. August 2022.