Here’s the #GarWeek Schedule with @OKWildlifeDept!!! JOIN US👍
🐟Wednesday: Gar Facts aka #GanoidFactoid(s)
🐟Thursday: Quiz and StickGAR giveaways!
🐟Friday: Give our reGARds to native freshwater fishes!
Unsolicited #GarPuns throughout👍
It’s #GARWEEK! I’ll be sharing some #GanoidFactoid(s) to show off how cool they are and dispel some myths about these dinosaur fishes. @TPWDfish is focusing on their 4 Texas species; I’ll include all 7 thefisheriesblog.com/2016/09/06/the-7-wonderf...
Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus); is the most widespread of seven extant gar species, ranges from southern Canada to Mexico. #GanoidFactoid
Michigan's Golden Gar! #GanoidFactoid for #FishyFriday: a xanthic (excess yellow pigmentation) Spotted Gar was caught & released in 2011 🎣👍
Umm no. Alligator Gar are NOT from the Amazon. Please #FactCheck. #GanoidFactoid HT @mattmilko
Differences vs true gars* include forked tail (vs rounded*)nostrils near eye (vs tip of snout*), adipose fin.
*Lepisosteidae #GanoidFactoid
Several "false" gars in trade, this one is a pike-characin; sometimes called marble, rocket, or South American gar. #GanoidFactoid
Visiting local fish store allows for some fun ID photo-ops not seen in wild; e.g. True vs False gars in aquarium trade
#GanoidFactoid
