Gar id spotted or florida

[plausible]

spotted or florida?

 

[demjor19]

i think you need better pics for anyone to have a chance of IDing this fish. it is def. one or the other. probably a flrorida though...they are just alot more common in the trade. whats its size right now?

 

[plausible]

ive got two of them one is reaching 9" another still about7"
by the way is it ok to mix clown knifes with my gars?they are about the same size

 

[bad fish]

spotted or florida?

I am trying to ID my gar and it looks exactly like that one.Another guy posted something on yutube that had the exact same gar and he said it was a alagator gar

 

[demjor19]

this one is not a gator gar for sure. probably a florida.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Isn't the only way to really tell a Spotted from a Florida is by looking at it's throat plate? Spotted has a boney one, Florida's don't from what I've read.

 

[bad fish]

I am trying to ID my gar and it looks exactly like that one.Another guy posted something on yutube that had the exact same gar and he said it was a alagator gar

thanks

You here that plausible we got florda gars

 

[E_americanus]

Florida gar --
--solomon

 

[plausible]

i think you need better pics for anyone to have a chance of IDing this fish. it is def. one or the other. probably a flrorida though...they are just alot more common in the trade. whats its size right now?

its now grown to 9inches and another one at 10-11inches
anyway how do you differentiate these two kinds?
i actually when to a lfs (where i usually but feeders)and asked theres one that showed me the spotted and florida kind and did a brief explaining but i still didnt get it the gars the have are small about 4inches only.

I am trying to ID my gar and it looks exactly like that one.Another guy posted something on yutube that had the exact same gar and he said it was a alagator gar

you meant aligator gar right well gator gars could easily ID-ed as theres only like only few different species of gators and their gator looks and features ,broad and short nose,thinner looking than other gar,and the 'im going to bite you!' look in the eyes.you could easily differentiate gator from shortnose gars.gators will grow to a bigger size much more bigger than other gars they are said to grow up to 10ft plus in the wild.

Isn't the only way to really tell a Spotted from a Florida is by looking at it's throat plate? Spotted has a boney one, Florida's don't from what I've read.

erm i dont really get you you've got pics?

Florida gar --
--solomon

hmm not so sure yet.
one of the gars i have have the aligator+shortnose/florida look
it have a different look in the eyes ,it have darker spots and a darker back and have a 'dark green base' colour on its back too
it have a short nose which is broad at the end near the eyes and sharper at the tip which gives it the crocodile look im guessing i got a hybrid at normal gar price i got it in a farm so its even cheaper





i post pics when i get my digi camera fixed

 

[Bsixxx]

what the?
I posted pics of my gars and you guys told me you couldnt tell what they were and they looked like that one?

but since you say florida

then I know what one of mine is atleast