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Related Articles: Coelacanths, Bony-Tongues, Bichirs & Ropefish,

/A Diversity of Aquatic Life

The Bowfin, Amia calva, family Amiidae 

By Bob Fenner

Amia juvenile in the Steinhart Aquarium

To be placed

 

Amia calva Linnaeus 1766, the Bowfin. North America; St. Lawrence Seaway to Minnesota. To more than a meter/yard in length. A cool water (15-20 C.) ancient bony fish. Only member of its family still on the planet. A voracious eater of most all foodstuffs, tankmates.   

 

Bibliography/Further Reading:

Katula, Ray. 1998. The amazing Amiidae- Bowfins of North America. TFH 9/98.

 

 

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