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| | Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The alligator gar is disappearing from many parts of the range, and declining in population everywhere due to over-fishing and the construction of dikes, dams, and other flood control devices, resulting in loss of key breeding habitat. |
 | | Gars are slow growing fish, with female alligator gars reaching sexual maturity around age 11 and living to age 50. |
 | | Gars are ambush predators, primarily piscivores, they lay still in the water until an unsuspecting fish swims by, and then lunging forward and lashing the head from side to side in order to capture prey. |
| www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/AlligatorGar/AlligatorGar.html (1475 words) |
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