In American English the name gar is strictly applied to members of the Lepisosteus, a family including seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine, waters of eastern North America, Central America, and the Caribbean islands.... s in the family Lepisosteidae.
In American English the name gar is strictly applied to members of the Lepisosteus, a family including seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine, waters of eastern North America, Central America, and the Caribbean islands.... s in the family Lepisosteidae.
There are four species:
Lepisosteus oculatus Spotted gar.
Lepisosteus osseus Longnose gar.
Lepisosteus platostomus Shortnose gar.
Lepisosteus platyrhynchus, Florida gar.
Three species formerly classified in Lepisosteus are now assigned to the genus Atractosteus.
