alligator gar

fish
Also known as: Atractosteus spatula, Lepisosteus spatula

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characteristics

  • longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
    In gar

    …and relatively short in the alligator gar (A. spatula) of the southern United States. The alligator gar, reaching a length of about 3 metres (10 feet), is one of the largest of all freshwater fishes. Gars are edible but are almost never eaten in the central and northern United States.…

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  • Holostei
    In holostean: General features

    The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula), one of the largest freshwater fishes, is particularly abundant in the Everglades region of southern Florida, where it is caught locally as a food fish. It sometimes grows to a length of nearly 3 metres (10 feet) and may attain a…

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