Shortnose Gar
Lepisosteus platostomus · Lepisosteidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- May and June
- Largest length
- up to 88 cm (35 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 20 years
- Matures at
- about 3 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
22 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 4 of 4 lakes
- Lake Saint CroixPierce County4,668 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1928 to 2006 (10 records)recorded
- Peaslee LakePolk County23 acres · 2 ft deeprecorded 1993 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- French LakeLacrosse County71 acresrecorded 1989 (1 record)Lowrecorded
- Lake WinnebagoFond du Lac County137,708 acres · 21 ft deeprecorded 1962 (1 record)Lowstocked, recorded