moxostoma – Redhorses, jumprocks, suckers in general, and other roughfish
Description: This site is dedicated to all things involving gars (members of the family Lepisosteidae, aka garfishes, garpike, lepisosteids), primarily focusing on natural history, biology, ecology, conservation, and current research. UPDATE 5.6.2024: Join us for Gar2024, a virtual conference for Holostean Fish Research June 3-4, 2024 (registration is free).More information available on the conference website HERE.…
This site is dedicated to all things involving gars (members of the family Lepisosteidae, aka garfishes, garpike, lepisosteids), primarily focusing on natural history, biology, ecology, conservation, and current research.
UPDATE 1.6.2022: Due to COVID-19, the Gar 2020 meeting will be tentatively postponed until 2023. We are the web-host for the upcoming Gar 2020 international conference on lepisosteid research and management ( July 16-17, 2020 in Thibodaux, Louisiana ). More information and updates available HERE .
Our site is now home to the Alligator Gar Technical Committee , part of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society . For information on the Alligator Gar Technical Committee, see menu links above and at the sidebar. Thank you for your patience as we update these pages.
moxostoma – Redhorses, jumprocks, suckers in general, and other roughfish