Question on what type of gar?

[dredcon]

it has a long nose.....

young spotted gar also have a long snout

 

[deangelo]

it looks like a long nose gar

 

[Polypterus]

All juvenile lepisosteus gars look very similar at that size and all have a fairly long nose that will change as the fish reaches a larger size. There are key ways to ID them at this size as some gars have distinctive coloration patterns that generally allow one to at least come close to an accurate ID. Season / Time of year is also a key indication of what species it could be.

The above fish is a Flordia gar, most likely, based on the above information.

Just to use an example on why the nose size alone is not an indicator of species at these small of sizes.

Tell me what you think this fish is?

 

[dr_sudz]

I believe after seeing a picture of a small aligator gar that this is a gator gar... maybe

 

[guppy]

here is a picture of a very young longnose, how big is yours?

 

[dr_sudz]

Mine is around 2 - 3 months old in that picture tho its much younger like maybe a month or so. I am thinking its a spotted gar its getting really big and fast and it is developing alot like a florida spotted gar. I will try to get a picture here tomorrow

 

[Polypterus]

I believe after seeing a picture of a small aligator gar that this is a gator gar... maybe

It's not an Atractosteus it is a Lepisosteus Alligator gars look nothing like this fish when young.

This a an Atractosteus spatula...(Photo copyright ToTheGars a Mexican breeder of Catan)
These fish are nothing alike.

 

[dr_sudz]

coolie. I still have a hard time identifying the "fry" I hope to become better at this with time. Sigh.

 

[M|L]

dude, that's probably a spotted gar.

defnitely NOT an alligator or a longnose gar.