Atractosteus tropicus Gill, 1863

Tropical gar

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Classification	Actinopterygii \| Lepisosteiformes \| Lepisosteidae
Synonyms	Lepisosteus tristoechus tropicus, Lepisosteus tropicus, ... more
Common names	Pejelagarto, Pejelagarto, Gaspar, ... more

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Main reference

Ferraris, C.J. Jr. 2003. (Ref. 36722)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 125 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36722); max. published weight: 2,890 g (Ref. 40637)

Environment

Demersal; freshwater

Climate / Range

Tropical

Central America: Caribbean and Pacific drainages of southern Mexico and Central America.
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Inhabit backwaters and slow moving sections of rivers and lakes. Often found in the warm stagnant waters of the lowland. Visible on the surface and resemble floating logs. Enter shallow lakes at the beginning of the dry season to spawn and known to reproduce also in June and July when rains are heaviest and rivers flood their banks providing an ideal spawning habitat of flooded vegetation. Large schools form to cast thousands of eggs in a gelatinous mass in the shallow waters. The adults return again to the river leaving the fry amongst the flooded vegetation (Ref. 36880). The eggs are poisonous to eat (Ref. 4537).


IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 57073)	Threat to humans
Not Evaluated	Poisonous to eat (Ref. 4537)

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Estimation of some characteristics with mathematical models

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)


Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)	Price category (Ref. 80766)
High to very high vulnerability (70 of 100)	Not marketed/unknown

Entered by Froese, Rainer

Modified by Torres, Armi G.

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