The colour is different what what we normally see here in Australia. Is this normal?
Its sort of reddish copper in colour. Length is about 9 inches so its only young. Will it keep its colour?
Sorry for the poor image guys.
Please ID my new gar
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The colour is different what what we normally see here in Australia. Is this normal?
Its sort of reddish copper in colour. Length is about 9 inches so its only young. Will it keep its colour?
Sorry for the poor image guys.
quite an interesting pattern on that fish, nice specimen!
the fish is definitely a Lepisosteus genus gar, most likely either a Florida/spotted or shortnose. given how some of the other gars going to Australia have turned out, i would lean more towards Florida/spotted, but a more definite ID can be made in a few weeks when the gar is a bit bigger and more of the pattern and other characteristics become more apparent. again, great fish!--
--solomon
the fish is definitely a Lepisosteus genus gar, most likely either a Florida/spotted or shortnose. given how some of the other gars going to Australia have turned out, i would lean more towards Florida/spotted, but a more definite ID can be made in a few weeks when the gar is a bit bigger and more of the pattern and other characteristics become more apparent. again, great fish!--
--solomon
Very interesting looking fish....I'm not 100% sure at all on it. Some time is definitely needed to work this one out.
Some of these fish popping up recently in Australia are very odd animals...
Some of these fish popping up recently in Australia are very odd animals...
Thanks guys.
I'll try to post again in a couple of months time. Fingers crossed it'll keep its colour. Heres a bad quality close up for now:
The pictures were taken in natural sunlight. In real life it is actually quite a bit redder, almost burgundy in colour.
Mark
I'll try to post again in a couple of months time. Fingers crossed it'll keep its colour. Heres a bad quality close up for now:
The pictures were taken in natural sunlight. In real life it is actually quite a bit redder, almost burgundy in colour.
Mark
mwkoi;1050174; said:Thanks guys.
I'll try to post again in a couple of months time. Fingers crossed it'll keep its colour. Heres a bad quality close up for now:
The pictures were taken in natural sunlight. In real life it is actually quite a bit redder, almost burgundy in colour.
Mark
IF IT IS A FLORIDA....VERY STRANGE LOOKING....I LIKE IT!