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

The lubricating proteins were abundant in the fish’s jaws and in the fins of zebra fish, gar, and sticklebacks, the scientists reported.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024

A 27-inch, 11-pound gar was caught in an eastern Chinese city after a boy was bitten, according to a television network in Jiangsu province.

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

There were eels, gar, carp, river carpsuckers, gizzard shad, and buffalo.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson