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Scientific Name Atractosteus spatula  (Lacepède, 1803)
Common Names Aligator Gar
Löffel-Knochenhecht (Germany)
Type Locality No locality [North America].
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Size 3000mm or 118.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution North America: ranges from Mississippi River basin from southwestern Ohio and southern Illinois in USA south to Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain from Enconfina River in Florida, USA to Veracruz, Mexico.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 5, pp 331, 334, Pl. 6 (fig. 2).
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Last Update 2015 Jun 04 14:37 (species record created: 2013 Sep 07 16:37)