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Lepisosteidae
spotted gar
Lepisosteus oculatus
Lepisosteid Fish Reaching One Hundred Fifty Centimeters
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- North America
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
Largespotted gar is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 150 cm.
- Class
- Gars and Bowfins
- Order
- Gars
- Family
- Lepisosteidae
- Genus
- Lepisosteus
- Maximum length
- 150 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: Lake Erie and south Lake Michigan drainages south through Mississippi River basin to Gulf Slope drainages from lower Apalachicola River in Florida to Nueces River in Texas, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
