My new Gar!

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Just picked up a new Gar... Its a spotted Gar yes? not a florida right...?

He is currently at 44cm... ( pls excuse the smudges on the tank... it was a bit messy getting him into the tank...:irked: )

He currently resides with 3 Endlicheri, a clown knife and an Aus Lungy...

Cheers,
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nice size he has got on him
 
Just picked up a new Gar... Its a spotted Gar yes? not a florida right...?
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It is one or the other (Florida or spotted) there is no definitive way to ID externally that works well with captive fish that have no capture locality.

Nice fish though either way..
 
nice looking Florida spotted gar..
 
Polypterus;1455147; said:
It is one or the other (Florida or spotted) there is no definitive way to ID externally that works well with captive fish that have no capture locality.

Nice fish though either way..
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Based on this info, it is a Spotted..






Spotted-Gar.jpg
SPOTTED GAR
(Lepisosteus oculatus)

Common Names - gar, garfish, Florida gar
Description - Spotted gars are almost identical to Florida gars. Both species are the only two gars that have dark spots on the top of the head as well as over the entire body and on all the fins. They can be distinguished by the distance between the front of the eye and the rear edge of the gill cover. If the distance is more than two-thirds the length of the snout, it is a spotted gar. If the distance is less than two-thirds the length of the snout, it is a Florida gar. Spotted gars have a single row of teeth in each jaw and has a much broader snout than that of the longnose gar. The coloration generally is darker than that of Florida gars, some fish being almost black, depending...

So I say Spotted Gar:D
Nice pick up
 
West1;1455191; said:
Based on this info, it is a Spotted..




Spotted-Gar.jpg
SPOTTED GAR
(Lepisosteus oculatus)

Common Names - gar, garfish, Florida gar
Description - Spotted gars are almost identical to Florida gars. Both species are the only two gars that have dark spots on the top of the head as well as over the entire body and on all the fins. They can be distinguished by the distance between the front of the eye and the rear edge of the gill cover. If the distance is more than two-thirds the length of the snout, it is a spotted gar. If the distance is less than two-thirds the length of the snout, it is a Florida gar. Spotted gars have a single row of teeth in each jaw and has a much broader snout than that of the longnose gar. The coloration generally is darker than that of Florida gars, some fish being almost black, depending...

So I say Spotted Gar:D
Nice pick up
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Don't start me on this again.
This whole method has been firmly tested with over 100 fish and has clearly been shown to be NOT reliable in the ID of captive fish and it is even questionable with wild ones as well....

BTW: if the above even worked it would be a Florida not a spotted..
 
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