Bowfin, also called the ruddy bowfin, mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout or choupique, is a ray-finned fish native to North America. Regarded as a relict, it is one of only two surviving species of the Halecomorphi, a group that first appeared during the Early Triassic around 250 million years ago, and it is often considered a living fossil for retaining morphological characteristics of its early ancestors; its closest living relatives are the gars, with the two groups united in the clade Holostei.
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1. Bowfin (Wikipedia)
- Introduction
In Ecosystem: Great Lakes, Lead
Now, their range is limited to much of the Eastern United States and adjacent southern Canada, including the drainage basins of the Mississippi River, Great Lakes, and various rivers exiting in the Eastern Seaboard or Gulf of Mexico.
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. FishBase: Amia calva (FishBase)
FishBaseHuman usesQuote, Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
4. Bowfin (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q491934 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q491934
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Actinopterygii, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 5. NatureServe Explorer: Amia calva
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"roundedGRank": "GNR"
6. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amia calva (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITESQuote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
Bowfin (Amia calva) (Wikipedia)
In Biome: Freshwater, Wikipedia intro: "of bowfins are gars, with the two groups being united in the clade Holostei. Bowfins are demersal, freshwater piscivores, commonly found throughout much of the..."View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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