new gar, wanna help me?
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Might help you out
http://www.floridaconservation.org/fishing/Fishes/gar.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/lepisosteiformes-gars-biological-family
Spotted gars are almost identical to Florida Gars Both are the only gars that have dark spots on the top of the head as well as all over apparently 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 if it is less it a Florida so get the tape measure out
. Also Spotted have a single row of teeth in each jaw. Getting back to my love of fishing The world record for a spotted gar was 8.75 pounds caught in Alabama. Record for Long nose 50lb bit of a difference there.
http://www.floridaconservation.org/fishing/Fishes/gar.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/lepisosteiformes-gars-biological-family
Spotted gars are almost identical to Florida Gars Both are the only gars that have dark spots on the top of the head as well as all over apparently 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 if it is less it a Florida so get the tape measure out
. Also Spotted have a single row of teeth in each jaw. Getting back to my love of fishing The world record for a spotted gar was 8.75 pounds caught in Alabama. Record for Long nose 50lb bit of a difference there.stotty;597507; said:Might help you out
http://www.floridaconservation.org/fishing/Fishes/gar.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/lepisosteiformes-gars-biological-family
Spotted gars are almost identical to Florida Gars Both are the only gars that have dark spots on the top of the head as well as all over apparently 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 if it is less it a Florida so get the tape measure out
The above method of determining species only works with Adult fish not Juvenile fish.
Juvenile fish have a whole different set of rules to go by in Identfying them.
I agree with Solomons assessment of this fish very likely being a Florida gar. It does have an anomalous snout to it but everything else fits well. A bit of time may be needed to conclusively ID it as a Florida to the 100% level but I'd bet money that this is exactly what it is.
so how long would it take a 4" florida gar to reach 16" ? i ned to know so i can plan his new home!
grmanrocks;597843; said:so how long would it take a 4" florida gar to reach 16" ? i ned to know so i can plan his new home!
This depends alot on what you are feeding, the variety you are feeding, the amount of food the fish is recieving and the level of waterchanges you are doing.
A good healthy fish fed on a varied diet obtaining regular "stuffings" with 50% waterchanges can be 16 inches from 5 inches in less than 10 months.
Growth rate will vary with care there is no hard rule for this..
Polypterus;598061; said:
ok, i do daily waterchanges that end up equaling 25% a week and 100% a month. i feed him one rather large peice of market shrimp daily and some few frozen bloodworms and freeze dried krill. so i can expect a rather high growth rate right?
grmanrocks;598099; said:
I would not say that will result in a high growth rate. It should result in rather steady but slow growth. it is adaquate but a little under optimal.
several LFS around me have fish exactly like this labeled Alligator gars.....That does not Id the fish. I'm asking you what specifc traits or merits tell you Florida over other species.
