ID this gar species?

[Herotilapia_Multispinosa]

Not in any of my tanks but i caught this guy at a pond in arizona a few years back. curious on the exact species, if anyone knows i would be much appreciated!

 

[HungDang]

look like an alligator gar to me.

 

[PlaceNameHere]

look like an alligator gar to me.

I agree with this guy

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[Herotilapia_Multispinosa]

cool thanks guys

 

[MN_Rebel]

It's a gar...doesn't looks like an alligator to me. The only one way to know for sure is check the mouth and see how many tooth rows it has. If it has two rows, its an alligator...but if it's one row then it could be a shortnose, spotted or florida gar.

 

[lunker65]

here is some pics of my floridas from about the same angle

 

[Ponyman101]

Whoa!those are some big gars!!! I'm no gar expert but I think it's a spotted gar


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[lunker65]

thanks! the darker one is about 13" and the lighter one is about 15"

 

[HungDang]

It's a gar...doesn't looks like an alligator to me. The only one way to know for sure is check the mouth and see how many tooth rows it has. If it has two rows, its an alligator...but if it's one row then it could be a shortnose, spotted or florida gar.

here's what I think: it can't be a Florida gar unless it is a gar that got throw out from a fish keeper. Spotted(and FLG) doesn't have that kind of snout. The pattern look a lot like alligator gar or long nose. And that thick boddy, annal fin, mid belly fin and tail say it is most likely an alligator gar than anything else(unless you can say that he hook a tropical out of AZ's water).

 

[lunker65]

id say alligator. the nose is too short to be a longnose ans the coloration says alligator. and as stated above, the location isnt right for floridas or spotted.