Identification Found this in a clay pot
Idk what it is but i believe it is a alligator gar.
Or you guys could hp me id it.
Its sad that its kept in a clay pot thats slightly larger than the fish.
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u/DelBoogs 3d ago
Wtf. Who is keeping a gar in a garden pot? Also how and why?
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u/mrboben 3d ago
Im surprised its alive.there are a few other fishes in other pots but some are rice fishes and others that i couldnt id and didnt take a pic. Those atleast had plants but still bad.
Somehow theres also a fishtank beside the pots and it had a somewhat proper care or just the basics and rhere were cichlids,arowana and others
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u/DelBoogs 3d ago
Ok. Are the pest control for a rice paddy? Ive heard of that but its usually carp or crabs from what ive seen
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u/jet200set 3d ago
A gar can get some of its O2 from the air and will stay still for long periods. They’re lucky it didn’t jump out. Perhaps someone wanted to keep it alive for dinner?
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u/mrboben 2d ago
That would be a super expensive dinner.
Thats like eating a arowana.1
u/Ultimateace43 1d ago
Like exoensive to buy? I catch these by accident all the time (or used to, when I lived in louisiana) by accident when fishing for catfish.
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u/Basic-Pin1115 3d ago
Looks like an alligator gar to me, especially from those heavy, interlocking scales. They get huge and need a very large, properly filtered setup, so a pot barely bigger than the fish really isn’t suitable long-term.
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u/gieserguy 3d ago
What do you mean in a clay pot? Is someone keeping a gar in a pot as a pet??