My Gar!!

[Sphinx070886]

Here is a Pic of my Gar.
I don't know where he is from.
So you don't can say if it's Florida or Spotted??

I thought it's the same.

But now i read (red?) in another thread that they are
two different kinds of gars.

Greetings from Austria

 

[E_americanus]

Florida and spotted are two different species, you are correct. they are just very hard to tell apart based on photographs alone. if i had to pick one i would say yours is likely a Florida, but the safest is to just consider it a Florida/spotted gar as its definitely one of the two. the husbandry for both fishes is the same. interesting specimen you have there, if you have any more pics please post them!--
--solomon

 

[Sphinx070886]

If you watch my youtube channel (link in the signature) you can see him hunting .

I'll post some more pics tomorrow. Now the lights are out.

Greetings

 

[extremekx]

nice gar either way

 

[Guerillah]

Looks like mine except the tail region, mine doesnt have a huge black dot. Mine is florida I believe.

 

[Polypterus]

Definitely an interesting fish. it is not common to see that type of tiger striping in pattern outside of a Shortnosed or Tropical.

Fish is however a Spotted or Florida.

 

[pedro]

nice gar! and nice tank too!

 

[dragonfish]

Nice gar. How big?

 

[Sphinx070886]

....so here they are.

He is about 22cm.