Gar vs. Garpike — What's the Difference?

Gars are members of the Lepisosteiformes (or Semionotiformes), an ancient holosteian order of ray-finned fish; fossils from this order are known from the Late Jurassic onwards. The family Lepisosteidae includes seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh, brackish, and occasionally marine waters of eastern North America, Central America and Cuba in the Caribbean.

A needlefish (Belone belone) of marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Any of several fishes of the family Lepisosteidae of fresh and brackish waters of North and Central America and Cuba, having an elongated body and long narrow jaws with sharp teeth. Also called garfish, garpike.

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A needlefish.

A gar or garfish:

To cause or compel.

A freshwater fish in the family Lepisosteidae.

Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.

A saltwater fish in the family Belonidae.

A garfish, Belone belone.

Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth

To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done).

Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.

To cause; to make.

Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth

Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters