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An eighteenth-century print with Linnaeus' original name for the longnose gar. Longnose gar (L. osseus) At Georgia Aquarium. The longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus), also known as longnose garpike or billy gar, is a ray-finned fish in the family Lepisosteidae. The genus may have been present in North America for about 100 million years. [4]
Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) The Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) has a longer, narrower, more cylindrical body, [34] [50] and can be distinguished from other species of gar by its snout, which is more than twice the length of the rest of its head. [51] [52] It can reach up to 6 feet and 8 inches in length and weigh up to 35–80 pounds.
Longnose darter (Percina nasuta) Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) Lowland topminnow (Fundulus blairae) Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) Mimic shiner (Notropis volucellus) Mississippi silvery minnow (Hybognathus nuchalis) Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus) Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Mountain ...
Lepisosteus is known to be a freshwater fish. However, they do have the ability to survive in high salinity, and low oxygen water after gulping air. [5] [6] Lepisosteus prefers to reside in brackish and shallow slow-moving waters, living usually in schools. [4]
The shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) is a primitive freshwater fish of the family Lepisosteidae. It is native to the United States where its range includes the Mississippi and Missouri River basins, ranging from Montana to the west and the Ohio River to the east, southwards to the Gulf Coast .
Longnose gar is the largest and most widespread predatory fish in Kansas [1] Family Lepisosteidae (Gars) Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) Shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus)
Longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae; Mimic shiner, Notropis volucellus; Mississippi silvery minnow, Hybognathus nuchalis; Mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi sometimes called muddler minnow; Mud darter, Etheostoma asprigene; Ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius; Northern brook lamprey, Ichthyomyzon fossor (special concern)
Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) Herrings Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) Hickory shad (Alosa mediocris) Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) American ...