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All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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Scientific Name | Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803) |
Common Names | Aligator Gar Löffel-Knochenhecht (Germany) |
Type Locality | No locality [North America]. |
Species Information | |
Size | 3000mm or 118.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
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. |
Husbandry Information | |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 5, pp 331, 334, Pl. 6 (fig. 2). |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2015 Jun 04 14:37 (species record created: 2013 Sep 07 16:37) |