What is Spotted gar?
{{Speciesbox | image = Lepisosteus_oculatus1.jpg | image_caption = Spotted gar<br>(''Lepisosteus oculatus'') | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Collette, B.B. |author2=Grubbs, D. |author3=Pezold, F. |author4=Simons, J. |author5=Caruso, J. |author6=Carlson, J. |author7=McEachran, J.D. |author8=Brenner, J. |author9=Tornabene, L. |author10=Chakrabarty, P. |author11=Robertson, R. |author12=Daniels, A. |author13=Maiz-Tome, L. |year=2019 |title=''Lepisosteus oculatus'' |page=e.T191026A1967019 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191026A1967019.en |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref> | taxon = Lepisosteus oculatus | authority = [[Alexander Winchell|Winchell]] 1864 | synonyms = * ?''Lepisosteus latirostris'' <small>Girard 1858</small> * ''Cylindostreus productus'' <small>Cope 1865</small> * ''Lepisosteus productus'' <small>(Cope 1865)</small> * ''Cylindrosteus agassizii'' <small>Duméril 1870</small> * ''Cylindrosteus bartonii'' <small>Duméril 1870</small> * ''Cylindrosteus zadockii'' <small>Duméril 1870</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|last1=Froese|first1=R.|last2=Pauly|first2=D.|year=2017|title=Lepisosteidae |url=http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=34|website=[[FishBase]] version (02/2017)|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Van Der Laan |first1=Richard |last2=Eschmeyer |first2=William N. |last3=Fricke |first3=Ronald |title=Family-group names of Recent fishes |journal=Zootaxa |date=11 November 2014 |volume=3882 |issue=1 |pages=1–230 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 |pmid=25543675 |doi-access=free }}</ref> | range_map = Lepisosteus oculatus range.png }} The '''spotted gar''' (''Lepisosteus oculatus'') is a [[freshwater fish]] native to [[North America]]. It has [[black]] spots, hence its name. They have an elongated mouth with many needle-like teeth to catch other fish and [[Crustacean|crustaceans]]. A diet study of the spotted gar reported the diet of a spotted gar consists of four species of fish; [[golden topminnow]], [[warmouth]], [