Garpikes Fish

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The gars, or garpikes, are members of the Lepisosteiformes (or Semionotiformes), an ancient order of “primitive” ray-finned fish. Fossil gars are found in Europe, South America, and North America, indicating that in times past these fish had a wider distribution than they do today. Gars are considered to be a remnant of a group of rather primitive bony fish that flourished in the Mesozoic, and are most closely related to the bowfin, another archaic fish now found only in North America.

Keywords

fish, gar, marine animal, garpike, gars, garpikes, Lepisosteiformes, Lepidosteus Huronensis

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Source

Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1870)

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