Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula)
Other Names Gator Gar Description Gars are easily distinguished from other freshwater species by their long, slender, cylindrical bodies, their long snouts, ...
Alligator gars are found throughout much of the coastal U.S. Southeast.
Alligator gar Atractosteus spatula (305 cm)
Cuban gar Atractosteus tristoechus (200 cm)
Tropical gar Atractosteus tropicus (125 cm)
Genus Lepisosteus: ...
The rare ganoid scales of the alligator gar are so hard that humans have used them for breastplate armor, arrowheads, luggage, and even to cover the blades of wooden ploughs.
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Animals like the alligator gar and the frilled shark, are the missing link between the reptilian race of dinosaurs and the animals that inhabit the Earth today.
The largest species is the 9-ft (275-cm) alligator gar of the Mississippi valley. Others are the long-nosed gar (Lepisosteus osseus), the spotted gar, and the short-nosed gar.
 See also: Alligator, Gar, Longnose Gar, Crustacean, Catfish
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