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Bowfin

The ruddy bowfin (Amia calva) is a ray-finned fish native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is regarded as a relict, being one of only two surviving species of the Halecomorphi, a group of fish that first appeared during the Early Triassic, around 250 million years ago. The…

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Bowfin body-shape evolution and development

Physiology

Evolution and phylogeny

Feeding behavior

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Bowfin

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related to Further reading · 28
Bowfin → American Paleontology, Amia, Amia Calva, Archived, Biochem, Bulletins, Catherine, Central Projects, Characterization, Comparative Neurology, Conlon, Jack, McCormick, Mims, Mommsen, Nguyen, PDF, PMC, PMID, Polyodon
related to Stocking · 25
Bowfin → At, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Introductions, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Many, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania
related to Evolution and phylogeny · 15
Bowfin → Actinopterygii, Amia, Chondrostei, Competing, Halecomorphi, Halecomorphs, Holostei, Included, Monophyletic Holostei, Neopterygii, Sturgeons, Teleostei, The, They, While
related to Species · 14
Bowfin → Ami, Amia, Cope, Grande, Jordan, Lambe, Leidy, Linnaeus, Mantell, Marsh, Priem, The, Todd, Yabumoto
related to Fish similar in appearance · 13
Bowfin → Another, Burbots, Channa, China, Eurasia, Korea, Lota, North America, Northern, Russia, Some, The, Unlike
related to Uses · 13
Bowfin → As, Cajun, Caspian, Caspian Sea, Choupiquet Royale, However, In Louisiana, It, Over, Research, The, They, United States
related to Physiology · 12
Bowfin → Air, Air-breathing, Bimodal, Experiments, II, In, Instead, O2, The, Their, This, When
related to Feeding behavior · 10
Bowfin → Also, Amia, Even, In, Its, Some, The, Their, They, Young
related to Infraclass Neopterygii · 10
Bowfin → Amiiformes, CretaceousDivision, Division, Division Teleostei, Neopterygians, Order Amiiformes, Order Lepisosteiformes, Teleostei, They, Triassic
related to Lifecycle · 8
Bowfin → April, Courtship, Depending, During, June, Optimum, She, The

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Bowfinis aresult of its evolutionary need to be able to catch and eat bigger and more nutritious prey0.90text
Bowfinis amember of Actinopterygii0.90text
Bowfinis aanchor worm0.90text
crawfishinstance ofambush predators known to move into the shallows at night to prey on fish and aquatic invertebrates0.80text
mollusksinstance ofambush predators known to move into the shallows at night to prey on fish and aquatic invertebrates0.80text
and aquatic insects.Like garsinstance ofambush predators known to move into the shallows at night to prey on fish and aquatic invertebrates0.80text
bowfin are bimodal breathersinstance ofambush predators known to move into the shallows at night to prey on fish and aquatic invertebrates0.80text
zebrafishinstance ofBowfin are thus possibly a better model to study vertebrate genome organization than common teleost model organisms0.80text
crawfishinstance ofand aquatic invertebrates0.80text
other crustaceansinstance ofand aquatic invertebrates0.80text
mollusksinstance ofand aquatic invertebrates0.80text
and aquatic insectsinstance ofand aquatic invertebrates0.80text

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