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Gar? or not to Gar?

kevinfleming21;4907185; said:
I'm not really seeing the resemblance on that one.
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It appears that the marble line pattern is beginning to form on this guys characin, whereas Hujeta's are just plain silver. It was also sold to him as a marble gar, which is a common nickname for the marble line characin.
 
Madding;4907196; said:
It appears that the marble line pattern is beginning to form on this guys characin, whereas Hujeta's are just plain silver. It was also sold to him as a marble gar, which is a common nickname for the marble line characin.
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I was aware of the Hujeta's almost always being silver, that's why i said I had never seen one like this. The beak and head just look more like Hujeta to me, but I am not ruling out the juvi transformation idea. How big is this guy ATM?
 
Madding;4907181; said:
Nice Ryan. The only thing off to me is that juvenile gars often have the forked tail. See how it is fading on this guys baby tropical: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=395506
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The fork in that particular gar's tail is abnormal; it was probably the result of a bite from a tankmate or a tear in the tail.

Young-of-the-year (YOY) gars have a filament above their tail which could be mistaken for a fork such as in this picture.

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I must have dreamt that fact then. Could have sworn it came up once.
 
Kyle_91;4907299; said:
Florida gar hands down, i used to have one.
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yes the so called "marbled gar" is a characin because my friend used to have one too. also known as the hujeta gar (sp?)
 
hum well guess we will see
i have go to Fl for a month plan on putting 20-30 rosy reds in tank i have some one coming by to feed other tanks but this guy (marble gar, hujeta gar, Florida gar, whatever he is) dose not eat frozen so hope it will last kinda nerves the guy is kinda new at fish so hope all gos well any suggestions
 
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