Shortnose gar
Amazing fact
Shortnose gar eat more animals without backbones than any other gar species.
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Shortnose gar eat more animals without backbones than any other gar species.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Shortnose gar
- Scientific name
- Lepisosteus platostomus
- Japanese name
- ショートノーズガー
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Lepisosteiformes
- Family
- Lepisosteidae
- Genus
- Lepisosteus
How the Shortnose gar lives
They feed more actively at night than during the day. When young, they eat small crustaceans, insects and fish. They are often found near aquatic plants and submerged logs.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Total length: about 60 cm
- Range
- Mississippi River system
Where the Shortnose gar has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ショートノーズガー
- 简体中文
- 短吻雀鳝
- 繁體中文
- 短吻雀鱔
- Español
- Pejelagarto
- Français
- Lépisosté à museau plat
- Deutsch
- Kurzschnauzen-Knochenhecht
- Português (Brasil)
- Gar-de-bico-curto
- Italiano
- Luccio dal naso corto
- Русский
- Тупорылый панцирник
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ショートノーズガーChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Lepisosteus platostomusChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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