Other rare versions of alligator gar also exist in Texas. In March, an uncommon cross between an alligator gar and a longnose ...

This brought Wright to the Trinity River near Huntsville, Texas earlier this month to collect fin tissue samples and observe alligator gar ecology through "stable isotope analysis," Wright told Chron.

Steve Barclay and Sam Lovell, aka the Gar Guys, are making an international reputation hunting giant alligator gar with bow and arrow. The East Texas fishing ... big as the Trinity River gator ...

In addition, Tunnell also showed off one of the alligator gar's scales. "Very hard and sharp," he said, describing the scales. "Almost impossible to penetrate the fish's skin with these covering it." ...