Bowfin

Nests of the Dogfish (Almia calva).

Nests of the Dogfish (Almia calva).

Nests of the Dogfish (Almia calva).

Nests of the Dogfish (Almia calva).

Nests of the Dogfish (Almia calva).

Nests of the Dogfish (Almia calva).

Nests of the Dogfish (Almia calva).

Nests of the Dogfish (Almia calva).

Male Amia Guarding Nest.

Male Amia Guarding Nest.

Amia calva; g, gular plate.

Dog-Fish, Mud-Fish, Bow-Fin or Crindle (Amia calva)--Fenale.

Dog-Fish, Mud-Fish, Bow-Fin or Crindle (Amia calva)--Male.

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Description: Bowfin, NPSPhoto, Larry Perez. Date: 8 March 2004, 17:50. Source: Bowfin, NPSPhoto, Larry Perez. Author: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States.

Description: Amia calva head. Caption: Amia calva L. (After Allis 1897, slightly altered) A, left-side view of the skull. B, left-side view of the cranium, from which the dermal bones have been removed. Cartilage is dotted. a.c, auditory capsule ; au, , adnasal ; ar, dermarticular ; as, alisphenoid ; bo, basioccipital ; bst, branchiostegal ray ; c, cartilaginous cranium ; d, dentary ; ep, epiotic ; eth, mesethmoid ; ex, exoccipital ; f, frontal ; fa, foramen for facial nerve ; ff, foramen for vagus ; h, hyomandibular ; iop, interopercular ; l, lachrymal ; m.g. median gular ; m-l- lateral line in mandible; mx, maxilla ; n, neural arch ; na, nasal ; n.sp, neural spine ; o, opisthotic ; obs, orbitospenoid ; oc. n, foramen for spin-occipital nerve ; o.f. vacuity with optic foramen in front ; olf, olfactory capsule ; op, opercular ; p, parietal ; pf, prefrontal ; pmx, premaxilla ; po, prootic ; pob, postorbital ; pop, preopercular ; pp, supratemporal ; pt, post-temporal ; ptf, postfrontal ; q, quadrate ; s, pterotic ; s.a, supra-angular ; sm, septomaxiliary ; sop, subopercular ; spm, supra-maxilla ; t.f, trigemical foramen ; v.c. vertebral centrum. Date: 1909. Source: Treatise on Zoology vol 9. Author: Ray Lankester. Permission(Reusing this file): pd-old.

Description: English: This is a Grennel fish, also known as a Bowfin, that I caught in the Spalding county reservoir in Griffin, GA. Date: 20 June 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Martinrealest8.

Description: English: Native Fish of Indiana. Date: 1 January 2016. Source: https://digitalmedia.fws.gov/digital/. Author: United States Fish and Wildlife Services.