Spotted Marble Amazon Gar (Boulengerella maculata) Stingray Excellent ambush predator—will hover motionless

Excellent ambush predator—will hover motionless before striking

Ambush predator—prefers hiding spots and structure

May refuse non-live food

silversides

making it stand out even more under aquarium lighting

Spotted Marble Amazon Gar (Boulengerella maculata) Stingray Excellent ambush predator—will hover motionlessWhen 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