Editing Gar (section)

===Morphology===
[[File:Lepisosteus platostomus - fins.jpg|thumb|Fin chart for shortnose gar]]
All the gars are relatively large fish, but the [[alligator gar]] (''Atractosteus spatula'') is the largest. The largest alligator gar ever caught and officially recorded was {{Convert|8|ft|5|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long, weighed {{Convert|327|lb|abbr=on}}, and was {{Convert|47|in|cm|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} around the girth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/alg/ | title=Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula) | publisher=Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | access-date=March 8, 2016}}</ref> Even the smaller species, such as ''Lepisosteus oculatus'', are large, commonly reaching lengths of over {{convert|60|cm|ft|sigfig=2|abbr=on}}, and sometimes much longer.<ref name=Kodera>Kodera H. ''et al.'': Jurassic Fishes. TFH, 1994, {{ISBN|0-7938-0086-2}}{{page needed|date=June 2015}}</ref>