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Spotted Gar

Lepisosteus oculatus

Photo by Tukup
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Field Notes

Description:

The gar has a dark golden or dark yellow base with light yellow lines crisscrossing the back and black spots on the bottom side.

Habitat:

This fish was seen along the edge of the channeled river that runs through Bray's Bayou in Houston, TX (30 masl).

Notes:

I wasn't able to get very close and the water was really murky.

Reference Links:

Spotted gar - Wikipedia, https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/spottedgar/

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