Is it wise??......

[danny]

Almost except my fish has stripes running down entire lenth of body,the stripes are kinda white and goldish.The "beak"looks the same.After reading a few of these posts i am now hoping my LFS was incorrect.What do you think??

strips have got me stumped . I once had a gray pike-head(luciocephalus pulcher) witch i suppose could be mistaken at that size for a gar.....(just a stab in the dark)

 

[Dovii dude]

No this is definantly a Gar,same tail,same coloring,same appetite.

 

[Dovii dude]

Skillzdatkillz has a pic in 1 of his posts,my Gar has the same colors,but mine has stripes down his entire length of body.

 

[danny]

Skillzdatkillz has a pic in 1 of his posts,my Gar has the same colors,but mine has stripes down his entire length of body.

ill see if i can track it down

 

[danny]

if i have got the right pic it is a florida.... but track down the same pic that you saw and let us know witch tread it is on..and im sure the more experienced chaps and chap'ets can help

 

[Dovii dude]

It's titled "Please tell me i dont have an Alli Gar".

 

[E_americanus]

i am guessing that the gars in both of the above posts are Florida gars. i know aquascape has only had Florida gars as of late, and MIGHT be getting gators in in a week or so.

from the pattern description of the main gar in question, it sounds like a Florida gar, or at least very likely a Lepisosteus species as opposed to Atractosteus (the latter of which is the alligator gar genus) --
--solomon

 

[Dovii dude]

I am kinda hoping you are right!!!