Alligator Gar? This is why we DON'T dump fish in waterways

There are real alligators in Fl. I'm afraid the authorities would never find him if he were my kin, but the swamp would be well fed!
 
Alligator gar are hurting pretty badly in much of their range, and now we've found the culprit: prepubescent Arizonan fish smugglers!
 
there are gar pike in at least some of the great lakes and else where, im not sure if they're native but maybe thats what they found?
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That's a longnose gar, which is native to the Lakes. I believe shortnose and spotted gar also naturally occur in at least parts of the Great Lakes.

The gar in the news item was an alligator gar (or at least appeared to be; I couldn't get a good enough look to rule out shorty or spotted); these are inhabitants of the lower Mississippi and other gulf drainages, and are much much larger than other gar; they can reach over 10 feet in length.
 
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