They hunt by floating on the water’s surface, disguised as a piece of wood, waiting to catch their prey. The young Florida gars feed on zooplankton, insect larvae, and other small fishes.
Feeding Habitsįlorida gars are highly skilled predators who primarily feed on fish, crustaceans, and insects. The air bladder helps it retain air at the water’s surface and function even in poorly oxygenated water.
Like all other gar species, the Florida gar possesses an air bladder that functions as an auxiliary lung. The Gar is the smaller fish in the gar family, averaging about 34 inches long on average but occasionally reaching up to 91 cm (3 ft) long. The Florida Gar has a short, broad snout that consists of a single row of irregularly spaced sharp teeth on its upper and lower jaws. The distance between its eyes is less than two-thirds the length of its snout. They have a white to yellow belly coloring underneath. The Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus is olive-brown on its back and upper sides, covered with irregular round black spots on its entire body, from the top of the head to its anal fin.
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