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The body of an alligator gar is torpedo-shaped, usually brown or olive colored, fading to a lighter gray or yellow ventral surface. In very rare occurrences, they can also be black, seen in gars that have a high level of melanin .
The shortnose gar is deep green or brown in color, similar to the alligator gar. [34] [48] Depending on the clarity of water, spots can be present on the caudal, dorsal, and anal fins. [48] The shortnose gar has a lifespan of 20 years, reaches up to 5 pounds in weight, [49] and grows to lengths of 24–35 inches.
Atractosteus atrox. Atractosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae, with three extant species.It is one of two surviving gar genera alongside Lepisosteus. [4]The three surviving species are all widely separated from one another, with A. spatula being found in the south-central United States, A. tropicus in southern Mexico and Central America, and A. tristoechus in Cuba. [4]
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This alligator and the American alligator are now considered to be sister taxa, suggesting that the A. mississippiensis lineage has existed in North America for seven to eight million years. [ 1 ] The alligator's full mitochondrial genome was sequenced in the 1990s, and it suggests the animal evolved at a rate similar to mammals and greater ...
An average adult American alligator's weight and length is 360 kg (790 lb) and 4 m (13 ft), but they sometimes grow to 4.4 m (14 ft) long and weigh over 450 kg (990 lb). [11] The largest ever recorded, found in Louisiana, measured 5.84 m (19.2 ft). [12] The Chinese alligator is smaller, rarely exceeding 2.1 m (7 ft) in length.
Weston already holds numerous alligator gar world records, including a 283-pound monster he caught in 2023. “People don’t regard it as much of a game fish, I don’t know why,” Weston said ...
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