-- Jay DeLong Olympia, WA
-----Original Message----- From: Rgpme_at_aol.com Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:28 PM To: nanfa_at_att.net Subject: Unusual information about gar.
Thought your group might be interested in knowing about a fish my son caught: a 4 foot long gar that is solid gold/orange and white. NOT the usual gar colors.
I called a fish research lab here in Oklahoma and they told me that they had seen the same color pattern on trout, catfish, and black fish, and it was a genetic mutation caused by lack of certain colors in the cells.
Anyway, I imagine not many other people have caught a gar of that color: it was a real shock seeing a 4 foot long alligator gar that is colored like a tropical goldfish from a pet store!!!!
My son took picture and is having it mounted. If he ever catches another, he hopes he can keep it alive somehow.
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