Longnose gar: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the longnose gar lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lepisosteus osseus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Lepisosteiformes
Family	Lepisosteidae

Where does the longnose gar live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the longnose gar in 3 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the longnose gar endangered?

The longnose gar’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the longnose gar?

The longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Lepisosteiformes and the family Lepisosteidae, genus Lepisosteus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Longnose gar (revision 1381156307), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1431272 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).