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Spotted Gar

Lepisosteus oculatus

Description:

The gar has a dark golden or dark yellow base with light yellow lines crisscrossing the back and black spots on the bottom side.

Habitat:

This fish was seen along the edge of the channeled river that runs through Bray's Bayou in Houston, TX (30 masl).

Notes:

I wasn't able to get very close and the water was really murky.

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Tukup
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Tukup

Texas, USA

Spotted on Jan 30, 2019
Submitted on Jan 30, 2019

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