Gar id please!

[rileygentner]

i collected this gar from a local harbour.... anyone know what it is?
it has ALOT of sharp teeth and its mouth can open up VERY wide.

 

[coralbandit]

It looks like a goby not gar??
The mouth and teeth are for scraping algae off rocks.This is what that fish lives off of I would bet...
You will need massive amounts of algae for him...
Get rocks from same harbor....

 

[bullyboy]

The one above the goby...the lil green stick.

Could you get a better picture?

 

[coralbandit]

My bad!
Looks like a needle nose?
Not a good community member...

 

[Sniperhank]

Due to being a localized species we wouldn't see in the hobby, this sounds like a tony Gil question. Someone light the bat signal.

 

[Andy Sager]

I believe that is a needlefish and not a gar. As previously mentioned, not usually a good community fish and will eat whatever he can get hold of. Look at the mouth and if you see a long line of teeth, that should be your indentifier. Look up "Pacific Needlefish" ( assuming you caught it in the Pacific. There are Atlantic species of these as well.) to confirm.