ID Gars

[Tendou Souji]

Saw these gars which I suspect are longnose gars. Can any kind souls confirm their species? Thanks a lot.

Pictures (sorry for the blur pics, took them with my phone):

 

[peewee]

looks like a needle fish.

 

[Tendou Souji]

If you take a clearer look at pic 4, you can see that its jaws are equal in length. I thought needle fish's upper jaw is much longer than its lower jaw?

 

[Toxic Fish 9999]

i think aisan gar?

 

[Madding]

What size are they?

 

[King-eL]

Sorry but it's not a true gar. Not a longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus). Not even closely related to any of the True gar species Lepisosteidae.

It's a needlenose gar which is native to Asia. Living wild True gars are native to the new world.

 

[E_americanus]

nope not a true gar, it's a needlefish (Xenentodon cancila) do a google search or look at wikipedia for more info to get you started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenentodon_cancila

 

[Matthijs]

what an enourmuos fishtank. Very cool.

 

[Tendou Souji]

Sorry but it's not a true gar. Not a longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus). Not even closely related to any of the True gar species Lepisosteidae.

It's a needlenose gar which is native to Asia. Living wild True gars are native to the new world.

Thanks for the info, bro! Since it's from you, I take it that it's a needfish. FYI, it's from Thailand.

 

[stevenrox]

let me guess it's one of em hybrids!!!