雀鳝 also known as Gar
Gar project (scientific name Lepisosteiformes ) belongs to the whole bone under the Programme of the radiation fins of fish . Only gar Branch ( Lepisosteidae ) a Division 2 genera and 7 species, all living in North America and the Caribbean islands in fresh water. Gar is an ancient fish species present, with the bow fin fish heads are close relatives, the fossil dates back to the Permian era. Gar is a large ferocious fish, carnivorous. Gar flesh is edible, but the eggs toxic.
Gar alligator gar and other purposes in the late 1980s as a type of ornamental fish into China, it begins to flow into natural water bodies, freshwater fisheries in some areas pose a certain hazard
There are many types of Gar (see belwo for their types & body lenght):
Large gar (also known as the alligator gar , alligator fu ) Atractosteus spatula (305 cm)
Cuban gar Atractosteus tristoechus (200 cm)
Tropical gar Atractosteus tropicus (125 cm)
Spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus (112 cm)
Long kiss gar Lepisosteus osseus (200 cm)
Alligator gar Lepisosteus platostomus (88 cm)
Florida gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus (132 cm) |