The True Gars, family Lepisosteidae

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The True Gars, family Lepisosteidae

Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864, Spotted Gar. To "only" 112 cm. North America. Vicious predator, feeding mainly on fishes.
http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=1075&genusname=Lepisosteus&speciesname=oculatus

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