Florida Gar

Learn more about this species and ongoing alligator gar research throughout florida s panhandle.
Florida gar. Florida gar can reach a length over 3 ft 91 cm. Other gars except for spotted gars have spots on the fins and usually on the posterior part of the body. Their natural habitat consists of streams river drainage ditches lowland streams canals and lakes. They inhabit streams canals and lakes with mud or sand bottoms near underwater vegetation.
Further beyond this species western limits the florida gar is replaced by the spotted gar and the only overlapping territory for these two species is in the apalachicola drainage. Alligator gar species profile in florida the largest member of the gar family is only known to inhabit coastal rivers in the panhandle from gulf county to escambia county. Florida gar use an airbladder to breathe air in low oxygen water. Florida gar the florida gar is found from the savannah river and ochlockonee river watersheds of georgia and throughout peninsular florida.
Florida gar are found in rivers canals and waters east and south in peninsular florida where they inhabit streams canals and lakes with mud or sand bottoms near underwater vegetation. Florida gar use an air bladder to breathe air in low oxygen water. The florida gar can be found throughout peninsular florida and in the panhandle as far as the apalachicola river drainage where there is evidence that it may hybridize with the spotted gar its closest relative. Florida gar lepisosteus platyrhincus are found in both georgia and florida in the southeastern united states.
On a quest for a freshwater giant. They are found in the ochlockonee river and waters east and south in peninsular florida where they inhabit streams canals and lakes with mud or sand bottoms near underwater vegetation. Florida gar are found in the ochlockonee river and waters east and south in peninsular florida where they inhabit streams canals and lakes with mud or sand bottoms near underwater vegetation. Behavior use an airbladder to breathe air in low oxygen water.