I think I may of found some crocidile gars

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As the title states. Sorry for the not so good pictures. They were taken from my black berry. I dont think these are longnose gar, but I could be wrong. I would like to hear from Solomon for sure. They also may be alligator gars, but I believe the snouts are too thin and they are heavily spotted. All input would be appreciated. Keep in mind these are 3 foot to 4 foot long.

Pictures 1 - 3 are the gars that look like crocs, the last picture is of a 20" or so longnose gar.

Hopefully if these are crocs I may be able to get ahold of juvinilles from this source.

Thanks, John

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hate to be a party pooper but looks like longnose to me (definately wait for Solomon to chime in though), great looking fish anyways!
 
I dont know for sure yet what they are. Im sure Im going to need better pictures for ID. These may be really nice longnose, or possibly 1 alligator gar and 1 longnose. I will be speaking with the person to see where they came from. I was told they were alligator gar, and they dont look it to me. Thats what the owner was calling them.
 
great looking fish for sure, but they are all definitely longnose gars. there can never really be a longnose gar with a snout that is too long or slender, as that is one of the major diagnostics of the species. farther down south there is also some larger variation with the size of the caudal peduncle (the muscle/body area right before the caudal fin), but from these photos all fish fit within the range of what we see of the generally longer and more slender caudal peduncle distinctly belonging to longnose gars.
also note that longnoses are the most widespread of the gars...their pattern varies greatly even within the same region...the fish in the photos have a nice spotted patterning, but you can just as easily find fish with less pattern or more green from the right waters nearby (that's how it is in many other states).

great fish though...John, if you find smaller ones (12-16") please let us know...although we may be able to use larger ones in the future. again, great fish!--
--solomon
 
E_americanus;4462251; said:
great looking fish for sure, but they are all definitely longnose gars. there can never really be a longnose gar with a snout that is too long or slender, as that is one of the major diagnostics of the species. farther down south there is also some larger variation with the size of the caudal peduncle (the muscle/body area right before the caudal fin), but from these photos all fish fit within the range of what we see of the generally longer and more slender caudal peduncle distinctly belonging to longnose gars.
also note that longnoses are the most widespread of the gars...their pattern varies greatly even within the same region...the fish in the photos have a nice spotted patterning, but you can just as easily find fish with less pattern or more green from the right waters nearby (that's how it is in many other states).

great fish though...John, if you find smaller ones (12-16") please let us know...although we may be able to use larger ones in the future. again, great fish!--
--solomon
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I agree totally need some Longnose Gar around 12-16 inches! Shortnose would be awesome too! If you get them in I'll definetly be ordering some!
 
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