Spotted gar?

[viewofthebay]

What type of gar is this in the video? Looks like spotted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmRuQQ18if8&feature=related

 

[E_americanus]

What type of gar is this in the video? Looks like spotted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmRuQQ18if8&feature=related

yup, spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus). it's even given away in the title of the video - geographically, it HAS to be a spotted gar (assuming it's wild, which it is) since it's in LA. FLG's are relegated to FL and parts of georgia (naturally-occurring wild populations) and several escapes scattered here and there throughout the US.--
--solomon

 

[viewofthebay]

Thanks.