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🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreLongnose gar
A primitive ray-finned fish with a long snout and armored scales found in North America.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇲🇽 Mexico and 2 moreTropical gar
A small freshwater predator from Central America known for its armored scales and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGar
Ancient armored fish with lung-like swim bladders found in North American waters.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇸🇳 SenegalNile bichir
An ancient African fish with lungs and armour-like scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreWest Indian Ocean coelacanth
Rare deep-sea fish with blue scales and limb-like fins.Ancient · Deep sea · 1938
🇸🇳 Senegal and 3 moreSenegal bichir
Ancient African fish that breathes air and walks on landAncient · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSpotted gar
A small North American freshwater fish with a long snout and spotted scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1860
WorldArowana
Freshwater bony fish with a toothed bone in the mouth and air-breathing ability.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1831
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Longnose gar: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Tropical gar: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gar: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Bichir: 5snake5, CC0, source
- Nile bichir: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
- West Indian Ocean coelacanth: sybarite48, CC BY 2.0, source
- Spotted gar: Brian.gratwicke on English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Arowana: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source