Spotted Marble Amazon Gar (Boulengerella maculata) Stingray making it stand out even

making it stand out even more under aquarium lighting

Ambush predator—prefers hiding spots and structure

Generally calm but may eat very small tank mates

Décor: Minimal heavy structure

Live or frozen fish (silversides

Spotted Marble Amazon Gar (Boulengerella maculata) Stingray making it stand out evenWhen is a gar not a gar? When its really more of a tetra like with the Marbled Gar. Though it shares a comparable body shape with the true gars, this is the result of these two unrelated fishes having a similarly predatory lifestyle. Both skulk about slowly near the surface of the water, picking off any unwary fish that ventures too closely. But, while the true gars are of an ancient evolutionary stock, Boulengerella is actually a characiform and thus