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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula)🧐🤔
The “they’re the same picture” meme with Pam from The Office (TV show). The two images are a spatula, and an Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula). If you know, you know.
January 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Next Up: #2 seed ALLIGATOR GAR (Atractosteus spatula) vs. #3 Seed Frilled Shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) #2025MMM
March 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
mesabree.bsky.social
#ProjectAnimalia Throwback
(my daily #animalart project...which grew.)

Day 14: Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula)

#sciart #medart #wildlife #medart #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #fishart #SundayFishSketch #alligatorgar
Realistic illustration of an Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula), a river fish with an elongated snout, that resembles an alligator.
March 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
saureal.bsky.social
More fossil fish and not fish (Atractosteus atrox vs Borealosuchus wilsoni as Knightia eocaena look on)
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy Saturday
Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-10-26) 🐟🐠 #photography #animal #nature #fish #zoo #cincyzoopic
An alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) swimming from left to right in profile
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Alligator gar - Atractosteus spatula
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐟🐠 #photography #animal #fish #fishtank #aquarium #zoo #cincyzoopic
A close up profile shot of an alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) facing the right of frame
September 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
saureal.bsky.social
Forgot to post here that it's gar week :P here's a fossil gar (atractosteus) hunting a knightia
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy Sunday
Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐟🐠 #photography #animal #fish #zoo #aquarium #cincyzoopic
An alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) shot in profile facing the right of frame. We don’t see far past the pectoral fibs on our scaley friend.
May 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy Sunday
Alligator #gar - Atractosteus spatula
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐟🐠🐊 #photography #animal #fish #zoo #cincyzoopic #aquarium
An alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in an underwater profile shot facing the right of frame. The back half of the fish is out of frame
March 29, 2026 at 4:23 PM
drewavery.bsky.social
Atractosteus simplex
Fossil Butte National Monument Wyoming
National Park Service
#garweek
Atractosteus simplex Fossil Butte National Monument Wyoming National Park Service
December 20, 2024 at 3:20 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
During my last trip to the #zoo I learned that the 2 alligator #gar (Atractosteus spatula) are named Dolly Garton and Bust-a-slimes. Incredible choices.
(Shot at Cincinnati zoo 1-4-25) 🐠 #fish #fishsky #photography
A relatively close up profile shot of an alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) swimming in from the left of frame
January 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
mammalssuck.bsky.social
First Up: 1-seed Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) and Rhizzo (Rhizophagus aggregatum) vs. 2-Seed ALLIGATOR GAR (Atractosteus spatula) #2025MMM
LARGE GINKGO TREE, Rhizzo not shown LARGE ALLIGATOR GAR IN RIVER HABITAT
March 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
drewavery.bsky.social
Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula)
Field Museum of Natural History 1923
Biodiversity Heritage Library
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social
Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula) Field Museum of Natural History 1923 Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 2:53 PM
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
The Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus) is comfortable in freshwater, and can adapt to brackish, but not full ocean salinity.

So, it's close, but no sea gar.

(📷: Poleta33, Wikimedia)
taken in Cuba in front of the crocodil farm in the tourist park
April 13, 2024 at 2:15 PM
friedmanlab.bsky.social
#FossilFriday 🤝 #GarWeek
Fossil gars displayed at the AMNH. Atractosteus from the Green River Fm. (top) and Obaichthys from the Santana Fm. (bottom).
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
johnkaiff.bsky.social
Миссисипский панцирник, также известный как аллигаторова щука (латинское название Atractosteus spatula)
May 18, 2026 at 3:49 AM
chikichanka.bsky.social
The now Critically Endangered Manjuarí (Cuban gar, /Atractosteus tristoechus/) as painted in La Habana by Antonio Parra around 1787
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
Baby gar burps!

The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) can gulp air into its vascularized swim bladder which functions like a low-efficiency lung. This permits them to thrive in low-oxygen water (hypoxic) that might suffocate other fish.
solomonrdavid.bsky.social Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · Jan 10
BABY Alligator Gar!

At less than one inch long and two weeks old, these future river monsters already breathe air. Watch as one takes a little gulp (and tiny bubble burp)!

Yes, these are the same fish that can grow over 8 feet long and over 300 pounds!
January 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
franklode.bsky.social
#FossilFriday
#Atractosteus strausi.
Knochenhecht.
Middle Eocen.- 47 mill years ago.
Messel, Germany.
Fish.: Gar.
19,5 cm.
#messel #fossil #fossilfish
February 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM
drewavery.bsky.social
Mummified Alligator Gar {Atractosteus spatulata}
Environmental Archaeology Teaching Collection
Univ. of Florida
#garweek
Mummified Alligator Gar {Atractosteus spatulata} Environmental Archaeology Teaching Collection Univ. of Florida
December 19, 2024 at 12:24 AM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Alas, #garweek is coming to an end. So now I look to the future and the new generation of alligator #gar (Atractosteus spatula) at the #zoo. (Shot 11-17-24) #photography #fishmas #fishsky #monsterfish 🐠
An alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in profile facing the right of frame. There is a large log in the background.
December 20, 2024 at 2:53 PM
simonmahan.bsky.social
only real gar nerds will get this

you've heard of elf on the shelf, have you heard of...
Alligator gar fish (Atractosteus spatula) on top of kitchen spatulas
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
barghestblack.bsky.social
YAY now that the contest is live I can share my fish I designed for Basil's fish contest :D Gar are my second fav fish (after bichir) and designing creatures to fit into worldbuilding is my FAVORITE THING TO DO.

Meet the Pinecone Gar (Atractosteus pinus) 🎣

[ #Art #Gar ]
Illustration of a brown gar fish with pinecone-like scales. There is also a baby that is a brighter green with more spike-like pinecone scales. The text next to it reads: "Atractosteus pinus is a large bodied gar species that is endemic to the freshwaters of Stinky Hollow. As adults they are typically seen in a range of browns and yellow-green hues while their offspring as a bright green, much like newly formed pinecones. An interesting adaption is that the scales of a young Pinecone Gar spike out as a defense mechanism and become more compact and smoother as they age. Young are typically found within the leaf litter and muck at the bottom of bodies of water, waiting to ambush small fish, bugs and other critters." Additional sketch on the bottom shows a baby pinecone gar hiding amongst leaf litter and driftwood.
February 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
The Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula), 6–8 ft. and 350 lbs. of nasty & ugly, but harmless to humans. Digital illustration. #sciart 🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #nature #fish
March 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
xcsci.bsky.social
Luuhauet (Lepisosteidae) ovat niin hienoja ja ainutlaatuisia! Kuubassa yritetään pelastaa suurinta niistä jättiluuhaukea (_ Atractosteus tristoechus _) sukupuutolta

yle.fi/a/74-20195937
Kuubassa yritetään pelastaa uhanalaista kalaa, joka on yhtä vanha kuin dinosaurukset
Uhanalainen manjuari on jopa 150 miljoonaa vuotta vanha laji.
yle.fi
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM