gar

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Wading in a crystal clear Florida river, Mr Szabo photographed a female longnose gar alongside several males during the mating season.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

This has likely kept gar genomes so stable that species and even genera whose last common ancestor lived more than 100 million years ago have diverged very little.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2024

Government officials told local media that the gar could be hiding in an approximately 200-yard-long U-shaped pipeline leading to the lake.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022

Even though modern bony fishes are much more diverse today, a previous study found that in the past they were not as numerous or varied as holosteans—the prehistoric relatives of today’s gar and paddlefish.

From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2022

"They did for Santa- gar," the Hound continued.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin