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Lepisosteidae
tropical gar
Atractosteus tropicus
Lepisosteid Fish beneath the Caribbean Sea
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
Largetropical gar is a freshwater fish found around Central America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 125 cm.
- Class
- Gars and Bowfins
- Order
- Gars
- Family
- Lepisosteidae
- Genus
- Atractosteus
- Maximum length
- 125 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Central America: Caribbean and Pacific drainages of southern Mexico and Central America.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
