LFS Gar Labeling - Please Help

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Seems like it's just a florida gar after all, then?
 
I'm not sure, the jaw structure doesn't seem right for a gar. I'm not sure, but it almost looks like a different species of hujeta characin or something. Maybe one of the more experienced guys will chip in with a positive ID. I'm not real good at them when they're that small.
 
Now that you mention it, the tail also scissors out into two big fins, whereas a lot of gar pictures I see have a small, one-piece fin in back.
 
false gar 100% think it's a spotted characin thingy or smthin. try general fw forum
 
xander;3393976; said:
false gar 100% think it's a spotted characin thingy or smthin. try general fw forum
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yup.

and yes, the original pic posted in this thread was a juvenile shortnose gar i had many years ago. that particular one had a lot of spotting and lateral striping similar to low-pattern FL gars.

a quick review of some of the keys in telling true gars and false gars apart would have answered these other questions quite early...note that the fish in question has a forked tail...no true gars do. simple differences like this can help ID (or at least point in the right direction) early on.

good luck with the fish reGARdless!--
--solomon
 
Boulengerella maculata, Spotted Pike Characin. Not a gar alas.
 
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