Kinda looked like that, I guess...I didn't take a really good look at it. It was about 3" long, so very tiny still, but it looked solid grey, I don't think it had spots.
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Are there any gars with the common name "marble gar" or "silver GAr" the marble gar was black and white and the silver gar was silver with a yellow tail. both around 3inch. I was tempted to buy but wana make sure that they are true gars
marbled gar-(Boulengerella maculata) this is the closest looking to a true gar
silver gar -Xenentodon cancila
needle nose gar-Xenocara dolichopterus
Above are commonly refferd to as gars but are not true gars it seems any long nose skinny fish that remotely resembles a true gars body shape can and will be reffered to as a ''gar''-Anne
Below are listed the ONLY true gar species
Gars
Atractosteus spatula- alligator gar 6-10 '
Atractosteus tropicus- tropical gar 4'
Atractosteus tristoechus- cuban gar 6'
Lepisosteus osseus- longnose gar 6'
Lepisosteus platostomus- shortnose gar 2 1/2'-
Lepisosteus oculatus- spotted gar 4'
Lepisosteus platyrhincus- florida gar 4'
hybrid gars
Lepisosteus platostomus x Atractosteus spatula- Crocodile gar type I
Lepisosteus platyrhincus or oculatus x Atractosteus spatula-Crocidile gar type 2
Also note there are no true gar species native to Asia or South America.True gars
distributation is limited to North America,Central America and yes Cuba.Alos note there are none under 24'' adult and the smallest adult species needs a tank at least 30-36 inches wide,Due to their scalation(gars do not bend very well)-Anne
silver gar -Xenentodon cancila
needle nose gar-Xenocara dolichopterus
Above are commonly refferd to as gars but are not true gars it seems any long nose skinny fish that remotely resembles a true gars body shape can and will be reffered to as a ''gar''-Anne
Below are listed the ONLY true gar species
Gars
Atractosteus spatula- alligator gar 6-10 '
Atractosteus tropicus- tropical gar 4'
Atractosteus tristoechus- cuban gar 6'
Lepisosteus osseus- longnose gar 6'
Lepisosteus platostomus- shortnose gar 2 1/2'-
Lepisosteus oculatus- spotted gar 4'
Lepisosteus platyrhincus- florida gar 4'
hybrid gars
Lepisosteus platostomus x Atractosteus spatula- Crocodile gar type I
Lepisosteus platyrhincus or oculatus x Atractosteus spatula-Crocidile gar type 2
Also note there are no true gar species native to Asia or South America.True gars
distributation is limited to North America,Central America and yes Cuba.Alos note there are none under 24'' adult and the smallest adult species needs a tank at least 30-36 inches wide,Due to their scalation(gars do not bend very well)-Anne
That looks like it...so I could keep one of those without having to get a huge aquarium like I'd have to for a true gar? Anyone know anything about behavior, feeding, tankmates, etc?
Hujeta gars will only grow to about 10" in the aquarium,regardless of anything you may read.They do best in small groups,3 would be minimum,they arent particularly aggresive only feeding on things like whitebait when fully grown.Try this link for more info and pics http://fish.mongabay.com/ctenoluciidae.htm
I have mentioned this before on other threads but some of the names these fish shops come up with are amassing the amount of stupid names for snakeheads is truly mind-bending my mate owns a fish shop and the amount of times we have ordered snakeheads in because it has a new name when it comes in it nothing interesting at all the wholesalers are just as bad
