Re: different "gar"s Re: NANFA-- Want Alligator Gar?

jake levi (jlevi_us_at_yahoo.com)
Fri, 15 Dec 2000 04:39:58 -0800 (PST)

Tony
the pike livebearer are definitly in the trade, not
real popular but show up on various price lists and
are kept by some livebearer enthusists.
jake
--- Tony <anutej_at_loxinfo.co.th> wrote:
> I think what you talk about is the pike livebearer
> of the genus Belonesox from the
> New World [not Asian native]. I think there are
> quite a number of fishes sold
> with the word "gar" or "pike" in it and trade name
> varies a lot. None of the
> "gar" look really real gar though but some "pike" do
> look a bit like pike. The
> halfbeak relative I talk about are in the genus
> Zenarchopterus [may be misspell]
> which can be 14 -25 cm long and have upper jaw much
> shorter than lower jaw just
> like normal halfbeak. I doubt it is in the trade
> though.
>
> Tony
>
> archimed_at_netdoor.com wrote:
>
> > On 14 Dec 2000, at 9:22, 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.
> >
> > There is a livebearing fish (not a halfbeak) which
> is sometimes sold
> > in LFS's as a gar. I don't know the family,
> genus, or species, but
> > they are not even in the same order as our native
> gars. Nor even in
> > the same class, now that I think about it.
> >
> > Prost,
> >
> > Martin
> > Jackson, MS
>
>
>
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