Ok need some help

[mike_sema]

I just got this guy from my lfs and was told that he is a short nose gar. I thought that he is a spotted gar but the more i look at pics of the different gar they all start to blend in and look somewhat the same if someone can give me a positive ID that would be great

 

[mike_sema]

a few more pics

 

[MonsterMinis]

Looks just like my Florida Gar.

 

[xander]

florida gar

 

[E_americanus]

yup, it's a FL gar. i'll be doing some updates to the gar ID keys on Lepisosteidae.net and primitivefishes.com in the near future, so hopefully we'll have some more distinct pics of species to aid in ID.--
--solomon

 

[mike_sema]

thanks for the info thats what i thought it was i just wanted to be sure