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The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a euryhaline ray-finned fish in the clade Ginglymodi of the infraclass Holostei / hoʊˈlɒstiaɪ /, being most closely related to the bowfins. It is the largest species in the gar family (Lepisosteidae), and is among the largest freshwater fish in North America. The fossil record traces its group's ...
25,670 acres (10,390 ha) Max. depth. 95.5 ft (29.1 m) Water volume. 695,000 acre⋅ft (857,000,000 m 3) Surface elevation. 220.5 ft (67.2 m) Choke Canyon Reservoir is a reservoir in South Texas, United States. The lake and the dam that creates it are owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and managed by the City of Corpus Christi.
Gar. Gars are an ancient group of ray-finned fish in the family Lepisosteidae. They comprise seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine waters of eastern North America, Central America and Cuba in the Caribbean, [1][2] though extinct members of the family were more widespread. They are the ...
The random drawing authorizes anglers to harvest one alligator gar over 48 inches from a section of the Trinity River. From Sept. 1 through Sept. 30, anglers holding a valid license-year or year ...
The Texas Parks & Wildlife program allows up to 150 anglers a chance to hook one alligator gar over 48 inches from the Trinity River in North Texas while meeting conservation goals.
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5 April 2009. (2009-04-05) –. 28 May 2017. (2017-05-28) River Monsters is a British and American wildlife documentary television series produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom. It is hosted by angler and biologist Jeremy Wade, who travels around the globe in search of big and dangerous fish.
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]