characteristics...of needlelike teeth are very effective in capturing prey. The beak is very long and forcepslike in the longnose gar, or billfish ( Lepisosteus osseus), but broad and relatively short in the alligator gar ( L. spatula) of the southern United States. The alligator gar, reaching a length of about 3 metres (10 feet), is one of the largest of all freshwater fishes. Gars are edible but......Rocky Mountains. The longnose gar ( Lepisosteus osseus) is the most widely distributed species. Gars are primarily freshwater fish that sometimes venture into salt water or brackish water. The alligator gar ( Atractosteus spatula), one of the largest freshwater fishes, is particularly abundant in the Everglades region of southern Florida, where it is caught locally as a food fish. It...
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