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The alligatorfish (Aspidophoroides monopterygius), also known commonly as the Aleutian alligatorfish and the Atlantic alligatorfish, [2] is a fish in the family Agonidae. [3] It was described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1786. [4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including western ...
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 ...
The Arctic alligatorfish (Aspidophoroides olrikii) is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by C.F. Lütken in 1877. It is a marine and brackish-water dwelling fish which is known from the Arctic, the northwestern Atlantic and northwestern and northeastern Pacific Ocean, including Canada, Greenland, Siberia, the Barents Sea, the White Sea, the Kara Sea, the Chukchi Sea, the Bering ...
The type of food eaten by alligators depends upon their age and size. When young, alligators eat fish, insects, snails, crustaceans, and worms. As they mature, progressively larger prey is taken, including larger fish such as gar, turtles, and various mammals, particularly nutrias and muskrats, [24] as well as birds, deer, and other reptiles.
June 4, 2024 at 3:09 PM. Multiple instances of alligators killing unleashed pets in Hilton Head’s Sea Pines last month sparked a flurry of online posts claiming the reptiles are overpopulated in ...
In 1908, a printer made a spur-of-the-moment decision to print an alligator emblem on a shipment of the school's football pennants. [156] The mascot stuck, and was made official in 1911, perhaps because the team captain's nickname was Gator. [157] Allegheny College and San Francisco State University both have Gators as their mascots, as well. [158]
Alternanthera philoxeroides, commonly referred to as alligator weed, is a native species to the temperate regions of South America, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. [2] Argentina alone hosts around 27 species that fall within the range of the genus Alternanthera. [2] Its geographic range once covered only the Parana River ...
509. 2014. Globally, fish and fish products provide an average of only about 34 calories per capita per day. However, more than as an energy source, the dietary contribution of fish is significant in terms of high-quality, easily digested animal proteins and especially in fighting micronutrient deficiencies. [ 2 ]