difference between florida and spotted?

[iloveoscars702]

to me... they look the same. im no gar expert so what is the difference?

 

[iloveoscars702]

anyone?

 

[Hao]

im not sure but lets just say spotted gars wont be available at LFS,David Solomon is the only one i know whose breeding spotted gars and selling them for his research and stuff

 

[iloveoscars702]

really? btw were is solomon?

 

[Noddy]

he'll be here soon, to point you to the sticky of Gar identification.
i can tell the difference nowadays, for i own a Florida, and the spotted does have a different look to it.

 

[screaminleeman]

I have gone over all the stickies and still the ID difference baffles me. I read the "isthmus" has boney lateral plates in the spotted and not the florida.

I again AM NOT SURE and hopefully Solomon can do better to simplify this then I can, but the best that I can figure is that the area immediatly in fron of the gill plates are somewhat represented by:
O) or O))= Spotted Gar
O = Florida gar?

 

[xander]

1-locality
2-physical appearence
3-morphology

regarding phy appearences...spotted gars have longer & narrower snouts compared to florida gars. they are also more slender built.

 

[Infblue]

im not sure but lets just say spotted gars wont be available at LFS,David Solomon is the only one i know whose breeding spotted gars and selling them for his research and stuff

"David Solomon" - classic

 

[screaminleeman]

1-locality
2-physical appearence
3-morphology

regarding phy appearences...spotted gars have longer & narrower snouts compared to florida gars. they are also more slender built.

What does the term "isthmus" refer to in the context of a gar/ fish?

If you google it you get its geological meaning: a thin body of land surounded by water on both sides and connecting two larger body of land.
O---O
^ Isthmus?

 

[iloveoscars702]

Thanks for all the responses everyone