FB-1077 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1077 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Lobotidae Lobotes Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) Niszczuka a. luskost Kostlín americký Kostlín dlouhonosý Kostlín obecný Langsnudet pansergedde Gemeiner Knochenhecht Gemeiner Langschnäuziger Knochenhecht Langnasen-Knochenhecht Longnose gar Long-nosed gar Pikk-koon-vaaphaug Pikkkoon-vaaphaug Luuhauki Garpique longnez Lépisosté osseux Lépisostée osseuse Dlinnorylyi pantsirnik Långnosad bengädda Catán Catán aguja Gaspar picudo Pejelagarto Dolgokljuni kljunati ščukec 雀鱔 雀鳝 Esox osseus Linnaeus, 1758 Esox viridis Gmelin, 1789 Lepidosteus ayresii Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus bison DeKay, 1842 Lepidosteus clintonii Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus copei Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus crassus Cope, 1865 Lepidosteus elisabeth Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836 Lepidosteus harlani Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus horatii Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus lamarii Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus leptorhynchus Girard, 1858 Lepidosteus lesueurii Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus louisianensis Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus milberti Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus mulberti Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus otarius Cope, 1865 Lepidosteus piquotianus Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus rostratus Cuvier, 1836 Lepidosteus smithi Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus smithii Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus thompsoni Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus thompsonii Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus treculi Duméril, 1870 Lepidosteus troostii Duméril, 1870 Lepisosteus gavial Lacepède, 1803 Lepisosteus gavialis Lacepède, 1803 Lepisosteus gracilis Richardson, 1836 Lepisosteus huronensis Richardson, 1836 Lepisosteus lineatus Thompson, 1842 Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque, 1820 Lepisosteus osseus oxyurus (Rafinesque, 1820) Lepisosteus oxyurus Rafinesque, 1820 Lepisosteus stenorhynchus Rafinesque, 1818 Lepisosteus treculii Duméril, 1870 Macrognathus loricatus Gronow, 1854 Sarchirus argenteus Rafinesque, 1820 Sarchirus vittatus Rafinesque, 1818 1990-10-17 2024-01-17 Nigrelli, R.F.0 Longevity of fishes in captivity, with special reference to those kept in the New York Aquarium. p. 212-230. 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Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-02 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1076 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Adults occur in sluggish pools, backwaters and oxbows of medium to large rivers, and lakes (Ref. 10294). Usually found near vegetation. Occasionally found in brackish waters. Spawning occur in freshwater and possibly slightly brackish water (Ref. 4639). Migrate up rivers during the spawning season (Ref. 4639). Eggs and larvae are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 4639). Voracious predator, feeding on various fishes and crustaceans. The roe is poisonous. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814) FB-DiagnosticDescr-1076 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Arlene G. Sampang-Reyes 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1076 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Long narrow snout. Olivaceous brown above and white below. Dark spots on median fins and on body (Ref. 37032). Scales ganoid: thin bony scutes on leading edges of unpaired fins, and on both edges of caudal fin (Ref. 4639). Bigelow, H.B., M.G. Bradbury, J.R. Dymond, J.R. Greeley, S.F. Hildebrand, G.W. Mead, R.R. Miller, L.R. Rivas, W.L. Schroeder, R.D. Suttkus and V.D. Vladykov 1963 Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part three. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ. (Ref. 37032) FB-Morphology-1076 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Arlene G. Sampang-Reyes 2001-02-19 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1076 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 9; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10 Bigelow, H.B., M.G. Bradbury, J.R. Dymond, J.R. Greeley, S.F. Hildebrand, G.W. Mead, R.R. Miller, L.R. Rivas, W.L. Schroeder, R.D. Suttkus and V.D. Vladykov 1963 Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part three. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ. (Ref. 37032) FB-Distribution-1076 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2023-12-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1076 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats North and Central America: Atlantic Slope from Delaware River in New Jersey to central Florisa; St. Lawrence River in Quebec through Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin to Red River (Hudson Bay basin), North Dakota, and south to Louisiana; Gulf Slope drainages from central Florida to Rio Grande drainage in Texas and Mexico. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 2011 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798) FB-Uses-1076 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-02 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1076 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums Wiley, E.O. 1978 Lepisosteidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 3. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3728) International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699) Newman, L. 1995 Census of fish at the Vancouver aquarium, 1994. Unpublished manuscript. (Ref. 9183) FB-Migration-1076 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1076 Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Dean, E.M., A.R. Cooper, L. Wang, W. Daniel, S. David, C. Ernzen, K.B. Gido, E Hale, T.J. Haxton, W. Kelso, N. Leonard, C. Lido, J. Margraf, M. Porter, C. Pennock, D. Propst, J. Ross, M.D. Staudinger, G. Whelan and D.M. Infante 2022 The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States of Mexico. J. Biogeography 49:1193-1203. (Ref. 126106) FB-TrophicStrategy-1076 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-10-20 00:00:00 2007-07-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public osseus Pelagic (Ref. 52559). Occurs in sluggish pools, backwaters and oxbows of medium to large rivers, and lakes. Usually found near vegetation. Occasionally found in brackish waters. Spawning occurs entirely in freshwater. A voracious predator, feeding on various fishes and crustaceans. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814) FB-Size-1076 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1076 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 200 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637)); max. published weight: 22.8 kg (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 36 years (Ref. 12193) IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637) International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699) Hugg, D.O. 1996 MAPFISH georeferenced mapping database. Freshwater and estuarine fishes of North America. Life Science Software. Dennis O. and Steven Hugg, 1278 Turkey Point Road, Edgewater, Maryland, USA. (Ref. 12193) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-1076 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1076 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 126106); freshwater; brackish; pH range: 7.0 - 25.0; dH range: 10 - 15; depth range 0 - ? m (Ref. 55225), usually 0 - ? m (Ref. 55225) Dean, E.M., A.R. Cooper, L. Wang, W. Daniel, S. David, C. Ernzen, K.B. Gido, E Hale, T.J. Haxton, W. Kelso, N. Leonard, C. Lido, J. Margraf, M. Porter, C. Pennock, D. Propst, J. Ross, M.D. Staudinger, G. Whelan and D.M. Infante 2022 The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States of Mexico. J. Biogeography 49:1193-1203. (Ref. 126106) Florida Museum of Natural History 2005 Biological profiles: longnose gar. Retrieved on 26 August 2005, from www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/LongnoseGar/LongnoseGar.html. Ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History: Education-Biological Profiles. FLMNH, University of Florida. (Ref. 55225) Florida Museum of Natural History 2005 Biological profiles: longnose gar. Retrieved on 26 August 2005, from www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/LongnoseGar/LongnoseGar.html. Ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History: Education-Biological Profiles. FLMNH, University of Florida. (Ref. 55225)