xander13;1250056; said:that's cause people mistake them for gars instead of charcins. Gars (Ginglymodi) belong to the family Lepisosteidae and there are only 7 species of true gars(and several hybrids)
Atractosteus Spatula --alligator gar
Atractosteus Tristoechus --cuban gar
Atractosteus Tropicus --Tropical gar
Lepisosteus Platyrinchus --florida gar
Lepisosteus Occulatus --spotted gar
Lepisosteus osseus --longnose gar
Lepisosteus platostomus --shortnose gar
notice you dont see needlenose there![]()