| | MUD BOWFIN (AMIA CALVA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | They are tolerant of silk, mud and higher temperatures. |
 | | Although you are likely to never see this species, the Bowfin is special in that it is the sole living species from the order Amiiformes, a transitional order that is closely related to the gars, but also exhibits many characteristics of the more modern teleost fishes. |
 | | This species is considered particularly hardy and can survive in habitats that are unsuitable to other piscivorous (fish-eating) fish like bass and pike, partially because it is capable of breathing oxygen directly from the air. |
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