Please Help ID

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

nice florida. like connor said welcome to the addiction.

 

[teohha]

Thanks! I was a little worried it could be a Marble Gar.

It is addictive! I am already thinking of my next gar and a tank upgrade.

Some more photos.

 

[RedDwarf]

Welcome to the gar addiction. You can never really just have one. Nice Florida you got there.

 

[Youngbuck5009]

Lacks pattern... Looks like a marble gar

 

[E_americanus]

Lacks pattern... Looks like a marble gar

how does it lack pattern? it has a tan dorsum, lateral stripe, and lighter belly...this is by definition a pattern on the fish. for juvenile gars, particularly Lepisosteus genus, this is the standard pattern.

the fish, if you compare to the true vs. false gar ID pinned topics looks nothing like a marble gar if the diagnostics are taken into account (no forked tail, no nostrils near the eyes, but instead at the tip of the snout, etc). --
--solomon

 

[teohha]

Anybody got a proper image link to Marble Gars? I am getting wildly different images with Google search.

 

[E_americanus]

Anybody got a proper image link to Marble Gars? I am getting wildly different images with Google search.

Pinned topic right here in this forum:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227579

shows comparative photos of needlefish (often called "needlenose gar") and pike-characins (includes "marble gar")

 

[teohha]

>>E_americanus many thanks!

I was totally confused, as many internet photos have juvenile Gars labeled as Marble Gars.

 

[408smokin]

Florida Gar for sure!!

 

[teohha]

Its an awesome fish. Snaps up life feeders without warning.