Rocket crocodile - the largest freshwater fish in North America

Rocket crocodile is known as the largest freshwater fish in North America, has some parts quite similar to the American crocodile with long snout and sharp teeth. In Vietnam, crocodile rockets appear most frequently and most commonly after the flood season with large and long sized ones.

1. Common name : alligator rocket
2. Other names : Rocket fish, Spotted spotted fish, Primal fish, Live fossil fish, Phuc Loc Tho fish, Platypus, spotted carp
3. Scientific name : Lepisosteus Oculatus Winchell
4. English name : Spotted gar
5. Origin : North America
6. Species : Predator
7. Industry : Live wire animals
8. Set : Saury
9. H ọ : Long snout
10. Weight : Popular from 5 - 7 kg
11. Size : Common from 112 - 150 cm
12. Average life expectancy : Over 10 years
13. Temperament : Gluttonous, aggressive, fast growing

Living environment

Rocket crocodiles can live in a variety of habitats with salinity ranging from freshwater lakes to marshes , to brackish waters, estuaries and gulfs . Rocket crocodile began to appear in Vietnam in 2000 and quickly became popular.

Features of alligator rocket

Rocket crocodile is a lonely fish, likes the quiet.

1. Torpedo-shaped body, brown or olive in color with a gray ventral surface; body, fins and head have black speckles.
2. The scales are diamond-like in shape, with rough edges, covered with a strange enamel-like substance. In particular, this layer is not removable, this is also an excellent defense mechanism for rocket crocodiles.
3. The muzzle is long with sharp teeth with large and sharp double rows of teeth in the upper jaw, used for biting and preying

Personality characteristics of crocodile rocket

1. Rocket crocodile is a lonely fish, likes the quiet and relatively passive but extremely aggressive nature. They move very slowly, hunting in the form of stealth ambushes but not the ones who like bloody kill screen.
2. Rocket crocodiles live long but mature late, they only start to be considered sexually mature only when they are 10 years old for female alligators and about 5 years old for male alligators

Reproduction characteristics of rocket alligators

Rocket crocodile spawns wrongly, their breeding season is in the spring every year. A female alligator can lay about 150,000 eggs for each laying with bright red eggs. However, this fish usually lays eggs stuck on aquatic plants and almost lays eggs

Food of rocket alligators

Voracious rocket crocodiles, their food is mainly raw fish from smaller sized fish such as small carp, hundreds of fish, crustaceans, shrimp, insects, waterfowl, wild dogs and even will eat his own kind.

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Raising rocket fish properly

Rocket crocodile eggs are poisonous and can kill other animals.

1. In order for the rocket to grow and develop well, farmers need to ensure to provide a habitat with a pH of 6 - 7, dH = 15 - 20, t0 = 20 - 250 When the temperature is low, it should be used heating devices to heat the fish, avoiding fish caught in some common diseases such as fungal diseases, ulcers, .
2. Need to prepare a tank with a length of 150 - 200 cm; Place in low light. Two or more rocket crocodiles should be stocked in the tank to keep and regularly filter the water to ensure standard cleanliness
3. The rocket crocodile tank must have a lid with a distance of about 10 - 20 cm from the lid to the lake, to avoid alligators jumping onto the ball and jumping out of the lake.

Some other interesting information

1. During the flood in late 2017, people caught a rocket crocodile up to 3m long and weighing up to 140kg
2. Rocket crocodile eggs are poisonous and can kill other animals if they eat them in a short time
3. Besides gills, rocket alligators also breathe through their lungs with a very special structure. In addition, this fish also has a bladder structure unlike other fishes that not only help it float in the water but also help get oxygen in the air more efficiently.
4. Some traders believe that rocket alligator is a good feng shui owner
5. Despite having a predatory characteristic for smaller sized animals, the rocket is also kept with some other fish such as ornamental snakehead, arowana, double snapper, and giant catfish, etc.

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