Spotted gar

Spotted gar
Spotted gar
(Lepisosteus oculatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lepisosteiformes
Family: Lepisosteidae
Genus: Lepisosteus
Species:
L. oculatus
Binomial name
Lepisosteus oculatus
Synonyms
  • ?Lepisosteus latirostris Girard 1858
  • Cylindostreus productus Cope 1865
  • Lepisosteus productus (Cope 1865)
  • Cylindrosteus agassizii Duméril 1870
  • Cylindrosteus bartonii Duméril 1870
  • Cylindrosteus zadockii Duméril 1870

The spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) is a freshwater fish native to North America. It has black spots, hence its name. They have an elongated mouth with many needle-like teeth to catch other fish and crustaceans.

A diet study of the spotted gar reported the diet of a spotted gar consists of four species of fish; golden topminnow, warmouth, bluegill, and spotted sunfish, which adds to 18.1% of total food volume in the stomach.

References

  1. ↑ Collette, B.B.; Grubbs, D.; Pezold, F.; Simons, J.; Caruso, J.; Carlson, J.; McEachran, J.D.; Brenner, J.; Tornabene, L.; Chakrabarty, P.; Robertson, R.; Daniels, A.; Maiz-Tome, L. (2019). "Lepisosteus oculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191026A1967019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191026A1967019.en. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Lepisosteidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.