Tropical gar

The tropical gar, Atractosteus tropicus, is a fish found in freshwaters from southern Mexico to Costa Rica, reported to reach lengths of up to 1.

The Tropical gar lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

Tropical gars are often found in the warm stagnant waters of lowland areas. They are sometimes visible on the surface of the water and resemble floating logs. Tropical gars are found in natural wetlands in South America. More

Gaspar, Alligator Gar, Tropical Gar, Poisson crocodile, lepisosteus spatula, lepisosteus tropicus... We have two different species of Gar around San Juan River, common Alligator gar , and Tropical gar. More

tropical gar have been diminishing mostly due to habitat destruction. Currently in Costa Rica and other Central American countries it not uncommon to land gar of 40-100 pounds. More

The tropical gar, Atractosteus tropicus, is a fish found in freshwaters from southern Mexico to Costa Rica, reported to reach lengths of up to 1.5 m in the wild (albeit often much smaller in captivity). More

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for the tropical gar) the parasite penetrates the gut and develops in the internal organs or the mesentery into a second larval stage (plerocercoid). Finally, the definitive host (5) eats an infected small fish and the adult cestode develops in its intestine. More

The tropical gar also is possible to keep in aquariums as it doesn't grow as large; however this species is very hard to find. More

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Tabasco (UJAT), the production of tropical gar fry has been successful over the last five years (M More

and Guatemala where the tropical gar is an important food item. The eggs of gars are toxic. The ganoid scales of gars have historically been used for jewelry, arrowheads, and ornaments. More

Common names

Catán in Spanish (español)
Gar in English
Gaspar in Spanish (español)
Kostlín mexický in Czech (česky)
lagarto in sp
Pejelagarto in sp
Pejelagarto in Spanish (español)
Tropical gar in English
Tropiikinluuhauki in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Tropischer Knochenhecht in German (Deutsch)
Tropisk Bengädda in Swedish (Svenska)
Tropisk pansergedde in Danish (dansk)
热带雀鳝 in Mandarin Chinese
热带骨雀鳝 in Mandarin Chinese
熱帶雀鱔 in Mandarin Chinese
熱帶骨雀鱔 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Lepisosteiformes
Family : Lepisosteidae
Genus : Atractosteus
Species : Atractosteus tropicus
Authority : Gill, 1863