ID this juvenile Gar

[Gar guy]

Hi everyone. I'm wondering what kind of Gar I have and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the subject for me please. Not the best pic, if I need to take another one I will do so.

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[Gar guy]

 

[Ed204]

Looks like a spotted gar to me.

 

[Miks786]

That's definitely a alligator gar

 

[kno4te]

Gator.

 

[pharmaecopia]

As others have stated you have an alligator gar.

 

[itrebebag99]

Just based off how big the head is, and broad the snout is, I'm guessing alligator.

 

[Troy1015]

100 percent gator. Good luck. I had one in 2010 and wasn't ready for that beast.

 

[Mighty Wizard]

I'm seriously starting to worry whether I have a gator gar coming in tomorrow instead of a tropical.

I ordered a spotted gar assuming it will be a tropical gar, from a half-reputable dealer here in Scandinavia through my lfs, and when I ordered a polyprerus palmas from the same place I got a polli instead. Which is great. But seeing all these threads with people accidentally ending up with gators instead of this and that, I think I might have to prepare for the possibility...

Perhaps I'll eat it when it gets too big. The meat is great I hear.

 

[pharmaecopia]

I'm seriously starting to worry whether I have a gator gar coming in tomorrow instead of a tropical.

I ordered a spotted gar assuming it will be a tropical gar, from a half-reputable dealer here in Scandinavia through my lfs, and when I ordered a polyprerus palmas from the same place I got a polli instead. Which is great. But seeing all these threads with people accidentally ending up with gators instead of this and that, I think I might have to prepare for the possibility...

Perhaps I'll eat it when it gets too big. The meat is great I hear.

I'm curious why you were expecting a tropical gar. Thy are still one of the rarer gars in the hobby.