Longnose Gar

The longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus), also known as longnose garpike or billy gar, is a ray-finned fish in the family Lepisosteidae. The genus may have been present in North America for about 100 million years. References are made to gars being a primitive group of bony fish because they have retained some primitive features, such as a spiral valve intestine, but they are not primitive in the sense of not being fully developed.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Longnose Gar being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Lepisosteus platostomus
• Atractosteus spatula
• Lepisosteus oculatus
• Lepisosteus platyrhincus
• Strongylura krefftii

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Lepisosteiformes

Family

Lepisosteidae

Genus

Lepisosteus

Species

Lepisosteus osseus

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