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    The bowfin (Amia calva) is a bony fish, native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique...
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    USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), is a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours...
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    Amia ocellicauda, the eyespot bowfin, is a species of bowfin native to North America. Originally described by John Richardson from Lake Huron in 1836,...
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    United States Navy submarine commander in World War II. He commanded USS Bowfin (SS-287) on her second through fourth patrols, becoming her most successful...
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    could still be used for breathing, a trait still present in Holostei (bowfins and gars). In some fish like the arapaima, the swim bladder has been modified...
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    (SS-581) - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR USS Bowfin (SS-287) - USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Pearl Harbor, HI USS Cavalla (SSK-244)...
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    Halecomorphi, represented by the single living genus, Amia with two species, the bowfins (Amia calva and Amia ocellicauda), as well as the Ginglymodi, the sole...
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    Amia, commonly called bowfin, is a genus of bony fish related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. They are regarded as taxonomic relicts, being the sole...
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    Amiiformes /ˈæmi.ɪfɔːrmiːz/ order of fish has only two extant species, the bowfins: Amia calva and Amia ocellicauda, the latter recognized as a separate species...
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  • to New Zealand and south-eastern Australia. Mudfish may also refer to: Bowfin (Amia calva), North America Channa or snakehead, a genus of predatory fish...
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    The Amiidae are a family of basal ray-finned fishes. The bowfin and the eyespot bowfin (Amia ocellicauda) are the only two species to survive today, although...
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    was a Japanese passenger/cargo ship that was sunk by the submarine USS Bowfin during World War II, while carrying hundreds of schoolchildren from Okinawa...
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    Retrieved 10 September 2020. "USS Bowfin (SS-287) – Patrol 6" Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park. Retrieved...
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    and render the snakehead an unlikely "stalker" on land. Amphibious fish Bowfin Pinter, H. (1986). Labyrinth Fish. Barron's Educational Series, Inc., ISBN 0-8120-5635-3...
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    Neopterygii. The only extant Halecomorph species are the bowfin (Amia calva) and eyespot bowfin (Amia ocellicauda), but the group contains many extinct...
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    walleye. The northern snakehead, an invasive species resembling the native bowfin, lamprey, and American eel, was first seen in 2004. Many species of sunfish...
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  • fontinalis Order: Amiiformes, Family: Amiidae Native species Bowfin, Amia calva In Arkansas, the bowfin is typically known as grinnel. Order: Lepisosteiformes...
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    (bichirs and relatives) Chondrostei (sturgeons and paddlefish) Holostei (bowfins and gars) Teleostei (96% of living fish species) Sarcopterygii or lobe-finned...
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    Holostei, the other one being Halecomorphi, which contains the bowfin and eyespot bowfin and their fossil relatives. The fossil record of ginglymodians...
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    mountains of Siquijor. On September 30, 1943, the United States submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) delivered supplies to the people of Siquijor and evacuated people...
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    lake trout, yellow perch, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and bowfin, as well as some species of catfish. As a result of improvements to the...
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  • Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. 8 September 2015. "Bowfin (SS-287)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department...
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    USS Becuna (SS-319) at Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia USS Bowfin (SS-287) at USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park in Honolulu USS Lionfish (SS-298) at...
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  • aggravating Termagant with Lorca and Bowfin caught in the crossfire. After getting away from Termagant, Loca and Bowfin reunite with the TigerSharks as they...
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    numerous endemics, as well as relicts such as paddlefish, sturgeon, gar and bowfin. Because of its size and high species diversity, the Mississippi basin is...
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    returning to the heart from the rest of the body. Lungfish, bichirs, ropefish, bowfins, snakefish, and the African knifefish have evolved to reduce such mixing...
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  • Bombay duck Bonefish Bonito Bonnethead shark Bonnetmouth Bonytail Bonytongue Bowfin Boxfish Bramble shark Bream Brill Bristlemouth Bristlenose catfish Broadband...
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    are one of only two surviving groups of holosteian fish, alongside the bowfins, which have a similar distribution. Gars have elongated bodies that are...
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      holosteans       (bowfin, gars) 275 mya   teleosts     all remaining fish (about 14,000 marine species) 310 mya...
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  • Alosa aestivalis Bluefish Bluegill Bocaccio Bombay duck Bonefish Bonito Bowfin Bream Brill Broadbill Buffalo fish Butter fish Butterfly fish Cabrilla Calico...
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