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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractosteus&speciesname=spatula ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractosteus&speciesname=spatula http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractosteus&speciesname=spatula ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractosteus&speciesname=spatula https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractosteus&speciesname=spatula ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Atractosteus-spatula.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Lepisosteus oculatus Lepisosteus platostomus Species in    Atractosteus Species in    Lepisosteidae - Classification - Lepisosteidae Lepisosteiformes Holostei Chordata Animalia Atractosteus spatula ( Lacepède , 1803 ) Alligator gar Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Stamps, Coins Misc. | Google image Atractosteus spatula Picture by Ramani Shirantha Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Holostei (gars and bowfins) > Lepisosteiformes (Gars) > Lepisosteidae (Gars) Etymology: Atractosteus: Greek, atraktos, arrow + Greek, osteon = bone (Ref. 45335 ) ;   spatula: Atractosteus meaning spindle bone, and spatula in reference to the broad, elongated snout (Ref. 79012 ) . More on author: Lacepède . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - ? m (Ref. 55223 ). Subtropical; 44°N - 20°N, 101°W - 82°W (Ref. 55223 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri North America: ranges from Mississippi River basin from southwestern Ohio and southern Illinois in USA south to Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain from Enconfina River in Florida, USA to Veracruz, Mexico. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 305 cm OT male/unsexed; (Ref. 3221 ); common length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3728 ); max. published weight: 137.0 kg (Ref. 58490 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Large size and broad, short snout. Light dorsal stripe. Dark olivaceous brown above and white to yellowish beneath. Dark brown blotches on all fins (Ref. 37032 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274 ); Adults inhabit sluggish pools and backwaters of large rivers, swamps, bayous, and lakes. Rarely enter brackish and marine waters (Ref. 5723 ). Feed on blue crabs, turtles, waterfowl or other birds and small mammals (Ref. 10294 ). Giant of the gars (Ref. 5723 ). Marketed fresh (Ref. 37032 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Wiley, Ed | Collaborators Etnier, D.A. and W.C. Starnes , 1993. The fishes of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. (pls. check date). (Ref. 10294 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 14 November 2018 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00121 - 0.00751), b=3.18 (2.96 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.0   ±0.67 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . 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