Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Lepisosteus platyrhincus · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 132 cm
The Florida gar is a demersal lepisosteid and a facultative air-breather whose adults occur in sluggish mud- or sand-bottomed pools of quiet lowland streams and lakes, usually near vegetation. Maximum length is about 132 cm total length, commonly about 59.5 cm. It is taken in subsistence fisheries and is a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is high at 63 of 100 and resilience low. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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