Gar Quiz - the return - ID the fish

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Very fat xanthic Florida's? Either that or xanthic Cubans (the anal fin positioning is making me question Florida's, plus the girth of these gar is immense).
 
my 2 picks are either a very healthy [florida x xanthochroism] or a [cuban x xanthochroism]
 
I would say Xanthic Florida Gars :) because of the snout and coloration.
 
if you guys are looking at snouts for morphological differences (morphology is probably the main way to go as pattern would be almost identical in a "typical" xanthic gar), check out the species page on Lepisosteidae.net as there are more "head shots" which you can compare...should help with making the decision between some of the species that have been mentioned thus far--
--solomon
 
Floridas, mostly because they look exactly like mine and I've never heard of xanthic Spotteds in the hobby. No way these are Atractosteus, so Florida it is.
 
I'm going to go with xanthic Florida's, even though something makes me want to say cubans.

Like I said, the relationship of the dorsal and anal fins seems a little off to me, as well as just the overall body size of these gar. I suppose it could just be because they are very overweight though.
 
ok was gone for a few days so i forgot to get back to this and post the answers...

as many of you stated, these are indeed xanthic gars (excess yellow pigment). these two fish once belonged to a good friend of mine and Richard's, who is also the owner of AP. they are both Florida gars, and of course well-fed. other than their condition being a little on the thick side, if you compare their snouts to Cuban gars, you will notice they are much longer and narrower than Cubans.

it would be tough to rule out spotted gar in this case, but given what we know about most xanthic gars that enter the hobby, you can hedge your bets and go by the numbers...Florida is the more logical answer here.

thanks to everyone who participated...next one will be up soon!--
--solomon
 
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