Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
Other Names Needlenose Gar, Billfish, Billy Gar Description Lepisosteus is Greek, meaning "bony scale", and osseus is Latin, meaning "of bone.
Lepisosteus osseus, Longnose Gar
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Longnose gar breed in spring in sloughs and streams. A single female is accompanied by up to 15 males as she lays her big, bright green eggs (which are poisonous when eaten by humans).
The longnose gar larvae, with yolk sac still attached, moor themselves to the vegetation with an adhesive organ at the tip of their snout. They remain moored until their egg yolk is absorbed.
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Discussion The Longnose Gar is considered a nuisance by fishers because it feeds on game fishes and damages gill nets. It may provide sport, but is rarely eaten.
Lepisosteus osseus (Longnose Gar)
[edit] Lophiiformes
Histrio histrio (Sargassumfish)
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They are common in habitats having mud or sand bottoms and an abundance of underwater vegetation. They often congregate in spring-fed rivers of Florida, in contrast to their close relative, the longnose gar that tends to cruise more open water.
Green Serran, Guppies, Haplochromus venustes, Hengels Rasbora (Rasbora hengeli) Cyprinidae, Jewel Cichlid, Jewel Cichlids, Kissing Fish - Kissing Gourami (Helostomatemminckii) Helostomatidae, Kribensis, Labidochromis nbenji (Cichlidae), Longnose Gar ...
 See also: Gar, Alligator, Carp, Crustacean, Shell
  
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