>From: Tony <anutej_at_loxinfo.co.th>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Want Alligator Gar?
>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:42:35 +0700
>
>It is likely this fish:
>Xenenthodon cancilla
>It is from the family Belonidae. Living in both fresh and brackish waters
>in
>Southeast Asia and sometimes collected for the aquarium trade. Long,
>slender, big
>eyes, equally long upper and lower jaw full of teeth. Grows to a foot
>long.
>
>Tony
>
>Ty_Hall_at_eFunds.Com wrote:
>
> > I have seen a fish called the Asian Gar in the LFS. Is this not a true
>Gar?
> > The ones I've seen where very Gar-ish (no pun intended) in their
> > appearance. I have a Half-Beak in my tropical community tank and while
>he
> > is similar to a Gar they are quite different. I don't think these where
> > Half-Beaks. Next time I see them I'll get a species name for them.
> >
> > Ty
> >
> > I think he means the larger relatives of halfbeak and the one probably
> > related to
> > flying fish [I am not sure but it has both equally long upper and lower
>jaw
> > unlike
> > the halfbeak relative]. I am not 100% sure but they have thinner bodies
> > and
> > smaller scales than real gars and are generally much smaller.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > Noturus_at_aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > In a message dated 12/14/00 9:39:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > Ty_Hall_at_eFunds.Com writes:
> > >
> > > << Are there
> > > Asian Gar's that stay smaller? >>
> > >
> > > The only Asian gars are fossils! Living gars are all from North and
> > Central
> > > America.
> > >
> > > J.R. <_at_}}}}}}}><
> >
> >
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