ID

[pwmin]

I'm still terrible at ID'ing.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

that is a florida

 

[phillydog1958]

that is a florida

^^^ I'll second that.

 

[E_americanus]

I'm still terrible at ID'ing.

was this an LFS fish or did you get it from another source?

 

[carnivorekeeper]

a florida gar

 

[pwmin]

thanks, all

was this an LFS fish or did you get it from another source?

it's at an LFS


how can you tell it's a florida and not a spotted?

 

[nicknwillys]

its is a florida....I had a spotted gar and the belly was white and the spots are more gray than black on a spotted gar.

 

[E_americanus]

its is a florida....I had a spotted gar and the belly was white and the spots are more gray than black on a spotted gar.

- definitely not always true

- and definitely not always true.

neither of these are diagnostics for telling the difference between a spotted and FL gar. if you got your gar from an LFS and it looks like the one pictured, there is a 99.9% chance it's a Florida gar--
--solomon

 

[Conner]

its is a florida....I had a spotted gar and the belly was white and the spots are more gray than black on a spotted gar.

- definitely not always true

- and definitely not always true.

neither of these are diagnostics for telling the difference between a spotted and FL gar. if you got your gar from an LFS and it looks like the one pictured, there is a 99.9% chance it's a Florida gar--
--solomon

yep. My Florida's have whiter bellies than my true spotted. The spotted has a speckled belly, which the Florida's never had (at least not while I've had them).

Pretty much, if you got it from an LFS, bet on it being a Florida gar. If you got it from E_americanus, then you know its a spotted .