Alligator Gar - Identification

Alligator Gar

(Atractosteus spatula)

Alligator Gar Sites

[Nature Serve]

[Fishbase]

[Lepisosteidae.net]

[Arkansas USFWS]

[Arkansas GFC]

[LRMC]

[Nicholls State]

[International Lepisosteid]

[Private John Allen NFH]

[Warm Springs NFH]

[Missouri DC]

[Missouri Conservationist]

[Tennessee WRA]

[Alabama DNR]

[Texas P&W]

[Heart of the Hills FSC]

[Texas Fishes]

[Florida F&W]

[Animal Diversity Web]

[Univ. Southern Miss]

[Florida Museum]

[INHS]

[Gar Angler's]

[Earthwave Gar Site]

[USGS NAS]

[Wikipedia]

Alligator Gar Identification

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Illustrations provided by A. J. Hendershott

Double row of teeth on an age-2 alligator gar.

Juvenile alligator gar weighing 22 lbs. and estimated at 9 years.

Arkansas Field Office
110 S. Amity Road
Suite 300
Conway, AR 72032

501/513 4470 (v)
501/513 4480 (f)

Alligator Gar

(Atractosteus spatula)