🐟Alligator gar
鱷雀鱔（學名：Atractosteus spatula），又名鱷雀鱔、大雀鱔，臺灣命名為紡錘骨雀鱔，俗稱鱷魚火箭、福鱷，是一種很原始的輻鰭魚。它的名字來自它跟鱷魚一樣的短吻和兩排匕首般鋒利的牙齒。背部呈褐色或橄欖色，腹部則較為淺色。鱗片是菱形硬鱗，美洲印第安人有時會拿來作為寶石。 福鱷是雀鱔目中體型最大的以及是北美洲最大的淡水魚之一，身長達8至10英尺（2.4至3.0米）、體重至少200至350磅（91至159公斤）。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 137 kg
- Body length
- 2 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Alligator gar
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass137 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2 mrecord 3.05 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level4.02FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.02 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l137 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Alligator gar yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderLepisosteiformes
- ›familyLepisosteidae
- ›genusAtractosteus
- ›speciesAtractosteus spatula
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderSemionotiformes
- familyLepisosteidae
- genusAtractosteus
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderSemionotiformes
- familyLepisosteidae
- genusAtractosteus
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