Longnose Gar with 'real' scales ~ made by j.rauch

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The fresh water gar of North America are vicious predators, typically growing to over 50 lbs. and eating 1/3 their own weight each day. A 50 lb. female can lay over 20,000 eggs each year.

The Longnose gar fish has enamel bone scales, shaped like diamonds or arrowheads. Scales from the same location on a fish can be matched for use in necklace’s, earrings, bracelets, etc. The scales are smooth and white with a subtle delicate pattern. Being enamel they are very lustrous, as can be observed on previous page.

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My daughter Angela Rauch in the Cayman Islands, wearing gar scale necklace and matching earrings

My son Scott Rauch found our first gar scales on the shore of Lake Texoma, in Oklahoma

Huge alligator gar shown below