Gar ID's? 2 Gars

[26pets]

I know these pics arnt the greatest.... My camera died right after them... Any way.. These where sold to me as (spotted/stripped Needlenose) They have some purple on their tails and alittle on there mouths. They had a bigger one in the display tank. With lots of purple.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

some sort of characin
wrong forum

 

[26pets]

If its not a gar... Then whats a characin? How big do they get?

 

[vicdeedee]

they look like what the LFS by me calls "marble gars" but definitly not real gars

 

[E_americanus]

please look at the pinned topics before posting ID threads.

 

[26pets]

I couldnt find it in the sticky? kinda why I posted

 

[Gator]

Looks like Luciocephalus pulcher aka crocodile fish and pikehead related to Gouramis. Gets to about 8" its a piscivore and also a mouth brooder. Might also be a Luciocephalus aura which is a smaller cousin to the pulcher.

 

[26pets]

Kinda Looks like them but smaller/thinner mouths

 

[26pets]

If it helps it kinda has like a ball on the tip of his mouth. They both do.

 

[26pets]

Bump